MambaOnline publishes a monthly overview of reported LGBTIQ+ rights violations in South Africa, including hate speech, hate crimes and other incidents of discrimination.
We also look at the status of cases making their way through the criminal justice system and related human rights developments.
Here is our summary for August 2025.
Survivor of Alleged LGBTIQ+ Hate Crime Rape Continued to Seek Closure
In Pretoria, the hate crime rape case of a young lesbian survivor, first attacked in Atteridgeville in January 2020 at the age of 16, resumed in the Magistrate’s Court. The assault, described as a targeted act of sexual violence linked to so-called “corrective rape,” highlighted the…
The Voortrekker Monument: Located in Pretoria, this monument commemorates
the Afrikaner pioneers who left the Cape Colony in the 1830s.
Frenzy
South Africa: You have two cows. The one with more white patches has more privileges.
Heaven Sent
Nauru: You have two cows. They probably weigh less than you.