Fashioning Modern Africanism

       Pic - Miss Earth Nompumelelo Sweli Maduna alongside Thami Kotlolo    A colourful group of the South African LGBTIQ+ community gathered at Constitution Hill earlier today to raise the rainbow PRIDE flag in celebration of Pride Month. Commemorating the first day of October, also known  around the globe as Pride Month, the flag-raising is a deeply symbolic gesture for the LGBTIQ+ community especially during the month of Pride.    This hoisting on the rainbow flag event not only symbolises a celebration of the rights and inclusion of the South African LGBTIQ+ the community which are enshrined in our constitution, but is also a reminder of the journey this community had to face to gain their basic human rights in this country.   And with the recent surge in targeted brutal and violent murders, an utter loss of young lives in the LGBTIQ+ community, now more than ever is the time to speak up against these atrocities.   Raised at Constitution Hill, home of the highest court in the land

       AND THE NOMINEES ARE…. Johannesburg, South Africa -  Now in it's 13th year, the highly anticipated Feather Awards today announced the colourful 2021 list of nominees for the upcoming awards set to take place on the 11th November 2021 at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. This much coveted nominee list is comprised of personalities and individuals from various industry sectors including Entertainment, Politicsm Lifestyle, Sport and Business this year. Each nominated individual or organisation, in one way or the other, has either represented, inspired, or celebrated the LGBTIQ community with excellence and distinction over the past twelve months.  Category finalists and later winners are selected and adjudicated by a knowledgeable panel consisting of members of the media and entertainment industry, who are firmly in touch with what’s hot and not on the South African social circuit.   Aptly themed   QUEER LIVES MATTER, in line with the global conversation that seeks to address

The 12 th  annual Feather Awards took place last night at the home of the Constitution in Braamfontein, Constitution Hill and what an evening it was. Having to adapt to the new ‘norm’ the awards observed social distancing with an intimate evening filled with electrifying performances, emotional acceptance speeches and plenty of energy. Synonymous  for it’s colourful live entertainment and witty commentary, the carefully scaled down affair did not fail to deliver with outstanding live performance from the super talented legendary songstress Gloria Bosman. Guests flew the LGBTIQ+ flag high and played out this years the theme “Turn Up the Love’ in all it’s glory.                         “With the current on going global pandemic, we made a call that the show must go on, obviously respecting all government regulations. Now in our 12 th  year, t he main reason hosting these awards during this trying period, was to continue celebrating the LGBTIQ+ community and turn up the love . Every year,