Category Archives: Family

2013 May 10: Akhona’s Miss Gay Limpopo 2013 album

by Akhona Hailele The question we left with was: Where were the black lesbian contestants at the Miss Gay Limpopo 2013 to create what is ‘supposed’ to be a gender balance. Related article 2013 May 11: Actually, absolutely, definitely NO!

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2013 May 12: Happy Mother’s Day is NOT for everyone

by Clear Peaceful Mind Today I went to the Randburg Kwai21Marathon. I’m not much of an athlete, definitely not a runner, jogger or walker. I just start a race of my own trotting behind everyone else and praying I make … Continue reading

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2013 May 6: Archiving Noxolo Nogwaza’s funeral

… this documentary was produced in 2011 when we buried Noxolo Nogwaza in KwaThema, Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg. She was a 24 year old mother of two children who were then orphaned by hate crime related incident. It is in different languages: … Continue reading

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2013 April 24: Abantu by Nqobile Zungu

… at Noxolo Nogwaza’s commemoration in Tsakane, Ekurhuleni. Johannesburg. Related articles 2013 April 24: Noxolo Nogwaza’s fading memory

Posted in Abantu, Connections, Contributors, Creating awareness, EPOC on Inkanyiso, Exposure, Expression, Faith, Family, Inkanyiso media, Johannesburg, Organizations, Our lives in the picture, Townships, Victims, Violence, Visual history, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Women; Voices; Writings; Education; Traditions; Struggles; Cultures | 3 Comments

2013 April 15: Hate

by Moira Khumalo Biography I’m from Ladysmith, came to JHB few years ago. I was a sterling sonnet writer at school, never wrote anything outside of pain or trauma, which helped me heal with my challenges as a crippled child … Continue reading

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2013 April 2: Visuals from VMCI 2013 Easter weekend

by Charmain Carrol & Nqobile Zungu Related article by Lerato Dumse 2013 April 2: Do good even when faced with difficulties and Victory Ministries Church International (VMCI)

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2013 April 13: Umtshato wesini esinye!

Umtshato wesini esinye; libhongo, ligugu kubatu bawo; Luyolo kubabulali bafumana ukuphumla; Luzuko kwabawuzondayo; Unzima kubanikazi bawo; Ungwalisekile ziintsikelelo zikaThixo; Uzele kukuqonda nokuqondana; Ngumtshato nje onguwo; Kodwa ukubulawa nohlaselo kukutya kubo! Thixo kwasemandulo wawuseka; Wathi makubekho ukuthandana Kukholoswe ngoYehova! Amasiko nezithethe … Continue reading

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2013 April 10: Another black lesbian activist has fallen

Report by Christie van Zyl As fellow South Africans especially members of African National Congress commemorates 20 years of Chris Hani’s brutal killing in Boksburg, Johannesburg (April 10, 2013). Freegender members, allies and the black lesbian community at large gathered … Continue reading

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2013 March 30: Imfihlo yesiphambano

Imfihlo yesiphambano Lesi siphambano siyi mfihlo esobala Sithi sisobala siyindida ecacile Sithi sicacile kanti siyesinda silula Abasithatha ngeqiniso likaqiniso Abalahlekelani neqiniso lika ntanyiso Abakwesweli ukukhanya bha kwaso Abayigqizi qakala imiswazi yezwe Ezabo izindlebe zishukwa ze zizwe Imfihlo yaso isekuuphambaneni kwaso … Continue reading

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2013 March 30: A response to Definitely Not Gaysbian article

by Nthabiseng Mokoena On the 1st of March 2013, we at Transgender and Intersex Africa  read a piece on the Inkanyiso website titled “Definitely Not Gaysbian”.The article was interesting as it discussed one of the most “taboo” subject within South African … Continue reading

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