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Justice for Lesley Makousa

On Saturday 6 August 2016, the police found the deserted body of 16 year old Lesley Makousa in a nearby field of Promosa, in the North West Province. Lesley Makousa was a gay Grade 10 learner at Promosa Secondary School. On 11 August 2016, Iranti attended Lesley’s memorial service which was hosted by Promosa Secondary…

Civil Society’s Response to South Africa’s UN abstention on the creation of a SOGI Independent Expert

South African-based civil society organisations together with the LGBTI community and human-rights based entities were shocked by the country’s abstention at the crucial voting that took place at the UN Human Rights Council on 30 June 2016 on a resolution aimed at establishing an Independent Expert on violence and discrimination against people based on their…