Monthly Archives: June 2014

2014 June 23: The lovely couple on vacation in Cape Town

© Photos by Charmain Carrol 2014/06/07 – 09   Previous article 2014 June 10: The Ndlela’s are still committed to love          Their s2013 Wedding photos are on the link below 2013 June 15: The Durban Lesbian Wedding … Continue reading

Posted in Black Lesbian professionals, Black lesbian visibility, From Durban to Cape Town, Holiday photos, Laughter, Lesbian couple, Life Stories, Love is a human right, Memory, Our lives in the picture, Penetrating mainstream spaces, Politics of existence, Politics of geography, Politics of representation, Portrait, Support, Table Mountain, The Ndlela s, Togetherness, Visual history, Visual Language, Visual Power, Visual Voices, Visualizing public spaces, VMCI members, We Love Photography, When Love is a Human Right, Women who have sex with Women, Women's power, Women's Work, Words, Writing is a Right, Ziningi & Delisile Ndlela, Zulu is a South African language | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

2014 June 17: Uprising with EPOC and the black LGBTI community in Ekurhuleni

by Lebo Mashifane   June 16 is known as Youth day in South Africa. On the 16th of June 1976, there was an uprising in the township of Soweto, with students protesting the introduction of Afrikaans in schools, a way to keep … Continue reading

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2014 June 16 : Remembering Thapelo with a broken heart

by Tsepo Kgatlhane     Lebo Mathosa once said: “You cannot deny death. You cannot fear it. I am sure that God has a better place for us, if you are a good believer.” This memorial is written to celebrate … Continue reading

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2014 June 10: The Ndlela’s are still committed to love

by Charmain Carrol On the 6th of June 2014, I had the pleasure of accompanying the Ndlela’s to Cape Town, to celebrate their first wedding anniversary.  It seems like it was just last month when I attended their wedding in Durban … Continue reading

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2014 June 21: Continuity … Muholi ongoing Visual Activism

  Exactly a year ago. @ Kunstplass 5 gallery Where: Oslo, Norway Captured with iPhone 4 by Valerie Thomas   Related link 2013 June 21: The Princess of Norway pitched just for Muholi

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2014 June 21: Vanessa and Nana’s engagement party

Photos and text by Charmain Carrol. Four months ago… Where:  Midrand, Johannesburg When:  23rd March 2014 Bathini Dambuza and I were honoured to attend yet another engagement lunch of two of our fellow lesbian sisters held in Midrand, Johannesburg. The … Continue reading

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2014 June 20: Spana my child

by Pam Dlungwana How do you describe Inkanyiso to a foreign audience? What is it? Is it an artist’s itch to get back into the activist pool because that is how they have framed their practice in the global sphere? … Continue reading

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2014 June 13: Lesbian invisibility in grumbling Sao Paulo

by Valerie Thomas Location: Goethe Institut, Rua Lisboa, Sao Paulo, Brazil   Zanele Muholi participated in the Varzeanas cultura de futebol [i]  festival organized by the Goethe Institut ongoing in Sao Paolo from the 7th of June until the 13rd of July 2014. Zanele … Continue reading

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2014 June 16: Ze ungandibizi

by Mandisa ‘Thozie’ Mathe Uze ungandenzakalisi ngamazwi akho arhabaxa! Uze ungandibizi ngendoda wakuvukelwa bubu khwenkwe nenzondo Uze ungandibizi ngendoda wakuvukelwa bubu ndlobongela bakho Uze ungandibizi ngendoda kub ufuna ukuva ukuba impendulo yam izawuthini na ukuze wena ufumane ukundiphatha-phatha de uyofikelela … Continue reading

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2014 June 16: Muholi on CBC Radio – Photos

    by Erin Warner of Ryerson Image Center gallery Where: Ryerson University, Toronto. Canada.       … so many questions asked. Interview transcript to be included later. Happy World Pride Toronto!!! Let us remember all those who did … Continue reading

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