Suspect arrested for murder of Ventersdorp lesbian woman
Source: eNCA reports from Ventersdorp, on the murder of a proudly-out lesbian, Mpho ‘Gift’ Makau.
South Africa’s dangerous ‘normalisation’ of violence
South Africa, 24 August 2014 Jabu Pereira, Iranti executive director, speaks out on hate crimes in South Africa. An interview with eNCA on the recent murder of a young lesbian, Gift Makau, in Ventersdorp.
Justice must prevail for Disebo Gift Makau and the LGBTI community of Ventersdorp
by Jabu Pereira South Africa, 24 August 2014 The marquee is down, the crowds of mourners have retreated back to their homes, and yet there is an eery presence in this tiny town. It is a presence of fear and uncertainty about the future, and the acceptance of loss. Gift will no longer walk…
Lesbian murdered in Ventersdorp
South Africa, 16 August 2014 BREAKING post: Lesbian is brutally killed in Ventersdorp. The perpetrator has been arrested. “Continued silence from the State about hate crimes has to stop. The Hate Crimes Task Team needs to upscale its work.” says Jabu Pereira, Iranti. Read the entire press release. Read the Fact File
“Chained sexualities”: A photography exhibition by lesbian youth
Date: 16 August, 13:00 (opening) – 16:00 Venue: Mbekweni Community Hall, Paarl RSVP: Photovoice Exhibition The University of Cape Town, in collaboration with Triangle Project, has been working with a group of 15 young women who identify as lesbian or bisexual from Zonwabele LGBTI Organisation in Mbekweni, Paarl. The aim of this project is to use photography…
Zethu Matebeni of UCT speaks at the 12th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture Dialogue Series
Cape Town, 12 Aug 2014 Chilean President Michelle Bachelet joined UCT Chancellor Mrs Graça Machel and distinguished panelists to participate in a Gender-in-Dialogue event in UCT’s Jameson Hall on 10 August as part of the 12th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture Dialogue Series. Live streamed from the UCT homepage, the lively discussion featured influential thought-leaders, including…
Cheryl Clarke and E. Frances White Feminist Scholars Reader Seminar
Johannesburg, 12 August 2014 Group picture: An amazing feminist gathering. From L-R. Back Row. Dineo Bopape, Ellen Eisenman, Jabu Pereira, Lame Olebogile, Nxy McClean, Gugu Mandla, Vanessa Agard-Jones, Kaykay Legoete, Cheryl Clarke, guest from ISS, Kate Muwoki. Front row: Fran White, Myesha Jenkins, Zikhona Gqozo, Lindeka Qampi, Lindokuhle, Zanele Muholi and Tanya Pretorius. A seminar…
Call for Abstracts
Africa, 6 August 2014 Call for ABSTRACTS for 2015 AGENDA Journal – ‘Non-normative’ sexual and gender diversities in Africa Deadline: No later than 20 August 2014 Guest Editors: Zethu Matebeni and Thabo Msibi. Download more info
WORKSHOP @ WISER
Johannesburg, Aug 5-7, tour on 8th The Arts of Human Rights. Collaboration between Bard College and Wits Click to download programme Click to find out more
Cape Town Declaration
Cape Town, 28 July 2014 Gender Incongruence in Childhood The Declaration addresses WHO ICD-11 proposals for a pathologising diagnosis for gender diversity in childhood, and calls upon WHO to discard the current Gender Identity Disorder of Childhood diagnosis and refrain from replacing it with any new pathologising diagnosis, including the proposed Gender Incongruence of Childhood…