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PICS: LONWABO JACK LAID TO REST By Misheck Makora Lonwabo Jack was buried in Delft today. Photos by Lulekwa Mbadamane. HUNDREDS of people from around Cape Town have bid farewell to Lonwabo Jack, who was killed on his birthday in Nyanga last month. The 22-year-old was raped and murdered in Mau Mau, Nyanga on 16 April while celebrating his birthday at a friend’s place. Many people filled the streets as they bid farewell to Lonwabo who was buried at ...

The ACDP believes pupils will be forced to make decisions thatll be against the religion they were brought up with if draft guidelines on gender identity and sexual orientation were implemented.

LGBTQ+ community outrage after latest killing By Staff Reporter By Thandile Konco Cape Town - The assault and murder of 22-year-old Lonwabo Jack, just two days after a LGBTQ+ protest at Parliament demanding government intervention in hate crimes against the queer community, has enraged members of the public. Jack, who was an openly gay man, was allegedly raped and stabbed to death on his birthday in Mau-Mau, Nyanga East. Just a week prior, Andile “Lulu” Ntuthela, another member of the gay ...

RESIDENTS MARCH OVER LONWABO’S MURDER Misheck Makora Comments Over 150 people gathered and prayed in Mau Mau Nyanga where Lonwabo Jacks body was found last Sunday. Photo by Lulekwa Mbadamane. RESIDENTS and several civic organisations took to the streets to demand justice for a gay man who was raped and killed in Nyanga last weekend. A group of more than 150 people marched in the streets of Nyanga. They gathered at the scene where Lonwabo Jack�...

The majority of voters in the ward are in Steinkopf, said Sussman.  Sussman described Steinkopf as a “poor community, with a high level of unemployment” and very few economic opportunities. Being progressive and a younger candidate, Sussman believes Balie “is going to try and appeal to youth voters”.  According to Sussman, the ANC used South African soap actors to win over Nama Khoi voters in a by-election a few years ago. This move helped “swing” the ward from the DA to the ANC �...

GroundUp AN official at the Zimbabwe Consulate in Cape Town, who would not give his name, refused to sign a memorandum calling for gay rights that was delivered by about 20 people. They had marched from Keizersgracht Street to the consulate in Kyper Street on Monday. The official demanded the police keep the media out, that no photographs be taken, and only three representatives of the protest be allowed through the gate to deliver their petition. Police complied and stopped journalists from fi...

Zimbabwean protesters march on Consulate demanding gay rights Officials at the Zimbabwean Consulate in Cape Town refused to sign a memorandum calling for gay rights, leaving protesters dismayed. Article originally by GroundUp/Tariro Washinyira. An official at the Zimbabwe Consulate in Cape Town, who would not give his name, refused to sign a memorandum calling for gay rights that was delivered by about 20 people. They had marched from Keizersgracht Street to the consulate in Kyper Street on M...