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After two years of reinvention as a virtual event, the Hugh Masekela Heritage Festival changes shape again...

The Special Commission of Inquiry into unsolved anti-LGBTQI hate crime deaths in Sydney and NSW between 1970 and 2010, is scheduled to start hearing from witnesses on Monday, November 21, 2022.  

Originally set for April 2020, following a global pandemic that spanned over 2 years, The Waterboys tour of South Africa is finally here as the band arrives in SA next week for their two concerts.

The inquiry, believed to be the first of its kind in the world, will examine unsolved deaths between 1970 and 2010 which are believed to be hate crimes.

The Special Commission of Inquiry into historical hate crimes against gay and trans persons in Sydney and NSW is scheduled to hold its first public sitting on Wednesday November 2, 2022. 

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Much of the allure of Sculpture by the Sea is that, each year, artworks come - and then they go. But among them this year is a memorial to victims of gay-hate violence, and it will be a permanent fixture.

The Strategic Dialogue Group has come out in defence of former president Thabo Mbeki's scathing remarks directed at President Cyril Ramaphosa over the weekend.

The former president challenged the party to choose its leaders carefully in its December elective conference in Nasrec.

Former president Thabo Mbeki is speaking at an event hosted by the Strategic Dialogue Group.