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Edwin van Wijk, the actor who scandalised, enlightened and entertained South Africa as the Baroness, has passed away in Amsterdam at the age of 74.

Even as Pride Month comes to a close, gay people still find themselves the victims of bigoted speech and hate crimes. Gay rights advocates suspect that gay people murdered in Cape Town’s townships over the past few months were victims of hate crimes.

Christopher Vourlias To understand the success of Triggerfish, the fast-rising, Cape Town-based animation house, which won the prestigious MIFA Animation Industry Award this week in Annecy, one need look no further than the circumstances of its birth 25 years ago.South Africa was finally emerging from the shadows of apartheid, a cruel and exploitive system of institutionalized racism that had oppressed its Black-majority population for nearly 50 years.

While two investigations have been launched into the homophobia that took place at DF Malan High, the ACDP has come out in full support of the school’s discriminatory stance.

Well-known TV personality, comedian and drag newbie Siv Ngesi has joined up with the Radisson RED Hotel at the V&A Waterfront and MVT Productions to bring a Drag Brunch to Cape Town.

ACDP supporters in Cape Town (left) and LGBTIQ+ activists in Johannesburg (Facebook)

Lonwabo Jack was murdered on the weekend (Twitter)

Dozens of people march through the streets of Cape Town to Parliament to demand justice for Andile ‘Lulu’ Ntuthela, a gay man who was murdered in the Eastern Cape in what is believed to have been a hate crime. (Pic: Asharf Hendricks)

For his first film on Apartheid, South African director Oliver Hermanus did not expect to focus on the trauma of white men. Hermanus, who was born in Cape Town and now lives in London, is mixed race, the group labeled "colored" under the racist regime that ruled South Africa until the early 1990s.

Benedict Cumberbatch has a fear that he could be “patient zero” when it comes to bringing the coronavirus to the United States.

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks’ genre streamer Shudder has picked up South African horror-thriller Fried Barry for domestic and a host of international territories.

Love Island villa, Shaughna Phillips walked away from Cape Town with a number of new BFFs after bonding with her fellow Islanders like Paige Turley and Leanne Amaning.But things have got a bit awkward after Shaughna admitted one of her villa pals has been ignoring her messages.The reality star made the revelation that Sophie Piper has been ghosting her as she answered questions from fans on Instagram.When one asked if Shaughna is still close with Sophie – who is the younger sister of Rochelle

Gabe Gabriel, a UCT graduate, is the writer and director of No Hiding Here

Peter Gabriel has gathered musicians from around the world to re-record his 1980 protest song “Biko”.

Christopher Vourlias SK Global Entertainment, BlueLight and Black Mic Mac have boarded “Halo Daze,” the sophomore feature from South African director Sibs Shongwe-La Mer, whose acclaimed debut “Necktie Youth” premiered at the Berlinale, the companies announced during the Sundance Film Festival.Currently in production in Cape Town, “Halo Daze” follows the dark voyage of an aspiring young rapper whose internet fame fails to bring him and his family the better life he’d hoped for.

The people’s princess. Princess Diana’s nieces revealed how she protected them from the paparazzi before her death in 1997.

Raised By Wolves will start filming its second season in Cape Town, South Africa, from mid-March, lead actress Amanda Collin has revealed to NME.Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) executive produced and directed the first two episodes of the futuristic thriller, which debuted to critical acclaim in September. The 10-part first season followed two androids (played by Collin and Abubakar Salim), who crash land on a strange planet after escaping from a dangerous war zone.

Ashley Walters and Noel Clarke donated to a township in Cape Town, where they filmed part of 'Bulletproof: South Africa'. The pair have reunited for the new series of the Sky One crime drama, which was filmed in the South African city, and Noel has admitted they found the disparity "heart-wrenching" in one of townships, so much so he was keen to show his kids to teach them about life's differences.

The much-loved Mark Donough fell victim to the coronavirus

Laura Whitmore has taken an emotional trip down memory lane, reflecting on a year since she flew out to present her first series of Love Island.The 35 year old took to her Instagram account exactly a year from the day that she travelled to Cape Town to begin filming the hit ITV show.

Ferne McCann appears to have confirmed her new romance with hunky model Jack Padgett as they were spotted packing on the PDA during a trip to South Africa.The former TOWIE star has jetted off to Cape Town with her new man and three-year-old daughter Sunday, where they’ve been pictured soaking up the sunshine.

Former TOWIE star Ferne McCann is currently holidaying in sunny South Africa. The 30 year old will be bringing in the new year while getting a tan on the enviable break in Cape Town alongside her cute toddler Sunday and her best friend Carl Cunard.

Ferne McCann has tongues wagging again after appearing to spend time with a male model on her sunshine break to South Africa.The 30 year old star is away with cute daughter Sunday and best friend Carl Cunard in stunning Cape Town. But she has also been enjoying the company of hunky Jack Padgett on her New Year's trip, if fan evidence is anything to go by.

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Kimberley Walsh has opened up about ex-band mate Sarah Harding’s struggles during their time in chart-topping pop band Girls Aloud. The West End star was quizzed about Sarah’s 2011 stint in rehab by Frankie Bridge on her podcast, Open Mind with Frankie Bridge.

Cape Town’s Manila von Teez is thought to be the first drag star to be included in the Mail & Guardian’s annual 200 Young South Africans list, which features a number of other LGBTIQA+ individuals and allies.

Spike Lee just updated Michael Jackson’s music video for “They Don’t Care About Us.”

Beefcakes, one of South Africa’s premier LGBTQ and bachelorette party venues has been unable to open its doors due to the strict lockdown rules imposed by the government.