Say Hello to Iranti’s new Logistics Coordinator, Siphokazi Nombande. Born in the small town of Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape, Siphokazi Nombande had dreams of becoming an accountant. Having started out her career at the finance department of the South African Police Service, she always knew she was good with numbers. It was no surprise…
“No one left behind: equality, freedom and justice for all” is this year’s theme as we commemorate International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). The day commemorates the decision made on the 17th of May 1990 by the World Health Organisation towards the declassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder, thus removing it from…
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Iranti is looking for a dedicated feminist and experienced media and communications professional, to join our team as Media and Communications Manager. The Media and Communications Manager leads Iranti’s Media and Communications team in overseeing all its internal and external multimedia activities across all media platforms to ensure that messaging is consistent…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Johannesburg – 31 January 2024 Iranti Board of Directors Announces New Executive Director, Dr Lenstu Nchabeleng The Iranti Board of Directors is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr Lentsu Nchabeleng (she/They) as the incoming Executive Director of Iranti. Lentsu brings extensive experience in providing strategic leadership, and in-depth technical understanding of…
Iranti’s new junior Media Officer, Mogau Makitla (they/them), hopes to strengthen the organisation’s social and digital media engagement by bringing in creativity and a youth perspective to this work. Mogau initially joined Iranti as the media and communications intern in June 2023, a few months later, at the end of the year, they applied…
Growing up in Otse in Botswana, Iranti’s new LBQ Rights officer – Matlhogonolo Samsam, has always had an interest in human rights issues and saw herself growing up to become a diplomat. To her surprise, she found herself working at a rugby club for the first four years of her career. It was only when…
by Dimakatso ‘Garfield’ Sebidi I am unshakable. I am unstoppable. I am God-fearing. And I am proudly intersex. I was treated differently because I am different. This is because I was born with two genitals. I spent the first six years of my life in and out of Baragwanath –which is now called…
On September 12th, the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) organised a significant webinar titled Eliminating Harmful Practices against and Promoting Human Rights Protection of Intersex People. This event was part of the ERC’s National Laws and Policies Thematic Group and was held in collaboration with LSVD, the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human…
by Sazi Jali It is said that there is no manual to raise a child yet there has always been a culture of imposing heteronormative norms and ideas on children. Society is full of toxic and harmful notions about gender that are passed on to generations of children, such as hypermasculinity – which has led…
By Kat Grey It has always been my dream to be a model, but in chasing this dream I quickly discovered that finding a talent agency as a transgender woman was near impossible because of the stereotypes and prejudiced beliefs about us. Trans women in South Africa are not considered, seen nor treated as real…
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