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Delegates from around the world have started arriving in Cape Town as they prepare to compete for the coveted Mr Gay World 2022 title.

EXCLUSIVE: Backstreet’s back — in Cannes.

Award-winning documentarian and activist Angelo Louw was the target of a homophobic group of men

Charlize Theron is getting candid about her personal life. The actress, 47, spoke with Harper’s Bazaar for their October cover issue all about parenting, navigating the dating world and her experience after 25 years in Hollywood. "I feel like I’m at a place where it is what it is," Theron said of her career.

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Katie Price has received a flood of support from her pals in the celebrity world after she opened up about very personal struggles in her new Channel 4 documentary, Katie Price: Trauma and Me.

Fifteen-year-old LGBTIQ school learner Tiro Moalusi took his own life after being humiliated in class, allegedly by a teacher

Director Neill Blomkamp’s first feature film debut, “District 9,” the Johannesburg-set sci-fi, action pic was a bonafide banger. The sci-fi film took a dark theme like South Africa’s apartheid, and segregation and applied it to aliens.

Prince Harry has made a surprise trip to Mozambique ahead of his and Meghan Markle’s upcoming trip to the UK.The Duke of Sussex, 37, made the solo trip without Meghan or his children Archie, three, or Lilibet, one, for a short visit to the country in his capacity as president of African Parks. According to the Duke’s spokesperson, Harry was on the trip to welcome and co-host a group of US officials, conservationists and philanthropists earlier this week as they toured protected wildlife and nature areas.The Duke’s trip was not formally announced before the journey, however in photos shared online of the visit, Harry can be seen wearing a grey polo shirt, sports cap and navy shorts.

Bravo’s “Real Housewives” will be expanding in another continent.

The Real Housewives franchise is getting even bigger!

OUT LGBT Well-being in collaboration with MambaOnline publish a monthly overview of violations of the rights of LGBTIQ+ people in South Africa. We also look at the status of cases making their way through the criminal justice system. Here is our look at July 2022.

Good afternoon Insiders. We have truly entered holiday season but in TV and film Land things simply don’t slow down. I’m Max Goldbart and here’s your list of the week’s biggest headlines.

Netflix has struck a multi-project partnership with South African filmmaker Mandlakayise (Mandla) Walter Dube and unveiled its latest film with Nigerian director Kunle Afolayan, as the streamer trumpeted its investment in Africa today in Johannesburg.

after confirming he fathered a second secret love child with his stepdaughter, Jana Bezuidenhout, 35. The 76-year-old is most notable for being Elon’s estranged father, with the pair famously falling out several years ago. Elon, 51, was brought to tears discussing his dad in a 2017 interview with Rolling Stone, describing him as “evil” and “a terrible human being.”But little else is known about Errol outside of his native South Africa, where he has made a name for himself as a high-powered engineer, property developer and political advocate who vehemently opposed apartheid.

This combined International Pride Month and Youth Month saw the African Queer Renaissance emerge in a studio apartment in Johannesburg on the 16th of June.

Emanuel Mouers was stabbed to death in a suspected hate crime

The bubbly gay teen was bullied at school and in his community (Photos: supplied)

Ruth Chigowe leaves behind a one-year-old daughter

Apparent divisions within the LGBTQI+ community came to the fore at a reception for the southern African Kopano gathering in Cape Town as some protested the City’s involvement with the event.

EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA-winning Uprising producer Rogan Productions and Electric Shadow Company are forging Original Sin, a documentary miniseries exploring calculated South African murderer Gerhard Jansen van Vuuren and his trial.

The Pretoria-based OUT LGBT Well-being says it is alarmed at ongoing reports that gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are falling prey to kidnappers and extortionists on dating and networking apps.

Richard Wagner, whose three-decade career as a correspondent for CBS News included covering the war in Vietnam and numerous other conflicts around the world, has died. He was 85.

Content Warning: The following article contains discussion of sexual assault.Die Antwoord’s adopted son has accused the band of physical and sexual abuse, exploitation and slavery.Gabriel ‘Tokkie’ du Preez and his sister were adopted by Yolandi Visser (aka Anri du Toit) and Ninja (aka Watkin Jones) when he was nine-years-old. He is now 20 and no longer living with the musicians. His sister is now 14 and is still in the pair’s custody, although she lives full-time with another family in Johannesburg.The allegations first came to light last week when du Preez shared a video interview he had made with the band’s former filmmaker Ben Jay Crossman.

Vogue Nights returned with its first ball of the year, confirming that it remains Johannesburg’s most spectacular queer event.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentTicking multiple boxes, and a competition frontrunner,  “Paradys” walked off on Tuesday night with the Series Mania Forum Best Project Award, the biggest industry plaudit at one of Europe’s largest TV festivals.A novel crime drama “Paradys” is produced by South Africa’s Quizzical Pictures and Keshet International, which also handles international distribution.

Moshe Ndiki and Phelo Bala. (Twitter)

Queer men in Johannesburg are being warned about an increase in kidnapping and extortion incidents after the victims arranged to meet men through dating apps like Grindr.

South African rapper Riky Rick has died aged 34, his family have confirmed.

Rapper Riky Rick has died at the age of 34, his family has confirmed.The Family Values rapper, whose real name is Rikhado Muziwendlovu Makhado, leaves behind his wife, two kids, his mother, and five siblings. His family shared a statement announcing the heartbreaking news today, Wednesday 23 February, which read: "Son, husband, father, brother and uncle, Riky 'Ricky' Makhado (34) sadly passed away in the early hours of this morning (23rd February) in Johannesburg. "Affectionately known as Riky Rick across the globe, he was deeply loved by his family, friends and the entire entertainment industry.

Christopher Vourlias Known Associates Entertainment, the production company behind the South African adaptation of the Colombian telenovela that inspired “Ugly Betty,” is planning to break ground on a Hollywood-style film studio outside Johannesburg that will boost capacity in one of the world’s hottest shooting locations.Cradle Film Studios will be built across the road from the Cradle of Humankind, a sprawling archaeological site where traces of some of the earliest humans were discovered.Comprising state-of-the-art studios and backlots, a data center, an innovation hub, and a housing development, the complex will be located 30 miles from Johannesburg and just 10 minutes from an international airport. It will also include a theme park that takes its inspiration from the world-renowned fossil site.

Kuli Roberts was a vocal supporter of LGBTIQ equality (Pic: Twitter)

Activists and supporters gathered at the Johannesburg Magistrates Court to demand justice for lesbian rape survivor Nadine (Photos: Chaz Warries)

Netflix is gifting $1M to film and TV students in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.

EXCLUSIVE: Discovery+ is bolstering its reality offering.

JOHANNESBURG -- A South African Cabinet minister on Friday urged the cancellation of an upcoming U.S. auction of a key to the Robben Island prison cell where Nelson Mandela, the country's first Black president, was long jailed for his opposition to apartheid.The key is among Mandela memorabilia being sold by Guernsey's auction house in New York on Jan.