Writing

Essays on LGBTQIA+ visibility, gender equality and community involvement in South Africa. Most recent first.

1. 8 May 2026

   After the Hate Crimes Act: what implementation tracking would actually look like

   The Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Act has been law for roughly twenty-four months. Most South Africans, including most of the people it is supposed to protect, have no idea how it is being implemented. Civil society has the tools to fix that.

2. 8 May 2026

   The geography of safety: what Joburg's queer geography actually looks like

   There is no single "Joburg queer experience." There are several of them, they live within thirty kilometres of each other, and they are sharply divided. Most national-level commentary about queer life in South Africa elides this.

3. 8 May 2026

   Why South Africa's queer NGOs are donor-starved — and what fixes it

   The thing nobody at corporate-Pride sponsorship dinners wants to say is that most of South Africa's queer civil-society organisations are perpetually four to six weeks from a budget crisis, and the structure of how they get funded is the reason.

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