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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.

A dad from Bolton has told how he has been left stranded in South Africa due to the outbreak of a new coronavirus variant.

A scene from I Am Samuel, the closing night film

The Engage Men’s Health clinic in Joburg says its specialist HIV doctor can manage more complex cases

The 13th annual Feather Awards took place last Thursday at the Market Theatre in downtown Johannesburg. And what a show it was!

The 13th Feather Awards was a celebrity-packed celebration of all things African and queer and featured a surprise message from President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The cast of Love! Valour! Compassion! (Photo by Rina Gertzen)

Government, civil society and EU representatives will be discussing how to ensure equality for transgender and intersex South Africans at a historic event in Johannesburg this week.

As South Africa marked Pride Month, Limakatso Puling was shot dead in Durban

The first Pride March in Africa took place in Johannesburg in 1990. (Pic: David Penney/Donne Rundle Collection/GALA Queer Archive)

To celebrate Johannesburg Pride Month, Apple Music has enlisted three South African artists to take over their flagship Pride Playlists: Strike A Pose, RESIST!, and Love Her, Lover.

Zimasile Zubair Shabangu was murdered in a suspected hate crime in Johannesburg

left the SNP £300,000 in her will.Details of the cash boost come at a time when the party’s finances are under scrutiny as income from membership fees dropped during the pandemic.Estelle Brownrigg was born in South Africa but later worked as a pharmacist in London, where she met her husband Thomas Brownrigg.The couple lived in ­Johannesburg, Brussels and Canada before settling in ­Scotland around 2012.Neither Estelle nor her late husband had any children and it’s not known if they have any

The Department of Home Affairs has again been accused of discriminating against LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers, this time a gay Ugandan couple.

Lehlogonolo Machaba, Tholang Motshumi and Yaya Mavundla photographed by Terra Dick

Anna Marie de la Fuente More often than not, true stories are infinitely more interesting and continue to resonate now.

MADDS is one of the acts we’re excited about at Just Jared, and we want to give readers a chance to exclusively get to know her even better!

Johannesburg queer artist Baba Ganoosh and friends recently took to the waves for a mermaid-themed collaborative photoshoot to celebrate Pride Month.

Naman Ramachandran Producer Tendeka Matatu’s London and South Africa-based production company Ten10 Films is expanding and rebranding as Ten10 Entertainment.The Ten10-produced neo-noir thriller “Cold Harbour” is currently streaming on Netflix.The name change reflects the outfit’s rapidly growing global slate of original series and film projects, which will be overseen by new head of development Jafta Mamabolo, an actor, writer, director and producer from Johannesburg.Based out of South Africa,