Shelley Barry working with the Iranti media and documentation team South Africa, Johannesburg, 27 August 2015 Iranti was honoured to have Shelley Barry, award-winning filmmaker, poet, lecturer and video trainer at our offices during August 2015. Shelley’s company, twospinningwheels productions aims to explore new languages in cinema and giving marginalised voices access to the craft of filmmaking. The…
Training for African LGBTI Activists South Africa, 27 August 2015 Training for African LGBTI Activists on the African Human Rights Mechanisms DEADLINE 28 Aug 2017. Read more…
South Africa, 30 July 2015 On 30 July 2015 at the Pretoria North District Court, Judge Mokgosi handed a sentence of 22 years to Thabo Molefe for raping and murdering Tembelihle “Lihle” Sokhela. Read the press statement… South African Council of Churches came all the way from Benoni to support the case. Photo by: Ayanda Msiza…
Sokhela’s rapist and murderer sentenced to 22 years On 30 July 2015 at the Pretoria North District Court, Judge Mokgosi handed a sentence of 22 years to Thabo Molefe for raping and murdering Tembelihle “Lihle” Sokhela. Read the press release… or see pictures of the protesters and supporters of Thembelihle Sokela
Thembelihle Sokhela’s murder finally goes to High Court South Africa, 22 July 2015 The trial of Thembelihle Sokhela, a lesbian woman from Daveyton, finally goes to the Pretoria High Court. The case of Thembelihle’s murder will commence at the Pretoria High Court from Monday 27 to Friday 31 July. Thembelihle Sokhela, a 28-year old lesbian…
South Africa, 14 July 2015 Njabulo Maseko presents on human rights violation on transgender persons at last year’s Transgender day of Remembrance November 2014,Constitution Hill, Johannesburg Njabulo Maseko with Jabu Pereira of Iranti, Gloden Thani of the Department of Education and Neloufar Khan of Social Development on Transgender Day of Remembrance 20 November 2014. Njabulo…
South Africa, 14 July 2015 A hangout moment with Transgender activists at CFCS. Dalziel Leone, with Immanuela, Apako and Jabu On Sunday 14 June 2015 we were all set for the journey, the East African Trans group. It was quite a chilly morning and took a lot of effort to be at the pick-up…
South Africa, 10 July 2015 My name is Seoketsi Tshepo Mooketsi, an ambitious, Trans Activist and Feminist. I reside in a rural township named Schweizer-Reneke in the North West Province, which is surrounded by agricultural farms. There is also a lack of political will from local government in addressing issues such as sexism, homophobia, gender…
South Africa, 5 July 2015 Between 3-9 May 2015, LGBTI activists from seven countries gathered in Johannesburg for a 6-day intense training workshop on video advocacy and storytelling. This was co-hosted by Iranti and Witness, an organisation based in New York that uses video to document and advocate for human rights. This training followed the…
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