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While Pride Month is commemorated at different times across South Africa, the month of June carries particular significance as the original Pride Month in the Northern Hemisphere. File Photo
CRIMINALISATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY

Between memory and forgiveness: A cross-continental love story

Blurb online A relationship that started in Ghana, and ended in South Africa, was shaped by privilege, fear and lessons learned about listening and resilience

  • Kenneth Figuly
4 min read
The High Court has overturned a Home Affairs official’s decision to reject the asylum application of a man who fled his home country after he was imprisoned for homosexuality. Illustration: Lisa Nelson
ANTI HOMOSEXUAL LAWS

Judge slams home affairs department for ‘unintelligible, illogical babble’ in gay case

An immigration official rejected the asylum application of a man from Chad who was jailed solely for homosexuality in his home country

  • Tania Broughton
4 min read
Brave: Ghanaian author Kobby Ben Ben was at the recent Franschhoek Literary Festival. His first novel No One Dies Yet has queer themes but it also contains broader social commentary.
ACCRA

Kobby Ben Ben on breaking the queer ceiling

Novel writes queerness into a space where it’s forbidden and meanders through the unforgiving politics of Ghana, past and present

  • Aarti Bhana
8 min read
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at the African National Congress party manifesto launch in Durban, South Africa, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images
ANC

Unlike the government, we must practise what we preach

Unlike ANC governments, we must practise consistent, inclusive solidarity and internationalism

  • Dale McKinley
8 min read