May 2024

One of the pivotal radio shows that remains etched on my mind was a Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) sensitisation session I conducted in Radio Gargar, in Dadaab.  I delved into the critical provisions of the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2011. Sections 19 to 21 of this act serve as a vital framework, […]

In 1990, Beverley Palesa Ditsie, a courageous black lesbian activist and filmmaker from Soweto, found herself facing a barrage of hatred and threats after appearing on national television at the first gay and lesbian pride march in downtown Johannesburg. Amidst petitions calling for her murder, she stood tall, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights in a hostile