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How can brands be better LGBTQ+ allies?

Marketing & Media

How can brands be better LGBTQ+ allies?

Leigh Kelly Andrews and Mark Fisher, Issued by Kantar 27 Jun 2024

Inclusive Lens Awards to recognise diverse narratives in film and series

Marketing & Media

Inclusive Lens Awards to recognise diverse narratives in film and series

30 May 2024

Whistleblower story wins Best African Film award

Marketing & Media

Whistleblower story wins Best African Film award

Issued by Giant Films 5 Mar 2024

Marketing & Media

Embracing diversity: How brands can authentically support the LGBTQI+ community

Juandre Appelgryn 27 Feb 2024

Oscar fever brews: Here's what's at the cinemas this February

Lifestyle

Oscar fever brews: Here's what's at the cinemas this February

Daniel Dercksen 29 Jan 2024

Source: WEF Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; Marc Benioff, chair and CEO of Salesforce; Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer; Jeremy Hunt, chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK; Julie Sweet, chair and CEO of Accenture; and CNN host Fareed Zakaria speak about technological advances on 18 January

Marketing & Media

Davos: 4 themes for PR and communication practitioners for 2024

24 Jan 2024

Runs in the Family: SA movie nominated for Glaad Media Award

Marketing & Media

Runs in the Family: SA movie nominated for Glaad Media Award

Issued by Giant Films 19 Jan 2024

Top 10 films of 2023

Lifestyle

Top 10 films of 2023

Daniel Dercksen 28 Dec 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

HIV vaccine trial in Africa halted after disappointing data

8 Dec 2023

#MusicExchange: OMD makes a comeback with Bauhaus Staircase

Lifestyle

#MusicExchange: OMD makes a comeback with Bauhaus Staircase

Martin Myers 7 Dec 2023

Marketing & Media

Israel: Why the brand boycotts probably won't make much difference

Aisha Ijaz 13 Nov 2023

More women and gay men under attack after Twitter rebrand

ICT

More women and gay men under attack after Twitter rebrand

31 Oct 2023

Guam's Troy Michael Smith bags Mr Gay World 2023

Lifestyle

Guam's Troy Michael Smith bags Mr Gay World 2023

31 Oct 2023

Gear up for November film releases

Lifestyle

Gear up for November film releases

Daniel Dercksen 1 Nov 2023

Mr Gay World 2023 delegates unveiled

Lifestyle

Mr Gay World 2023 delegates unveiled

24 Oct 2023

Legal

Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent

Frans Viljoen 16 Oct 2023

#MentalHealth: Students encouraged to use Higher Health crisis helpline

Education

#MentalHealth: Students encouraged to use Higher Health crisis helpline

11 Oct 2023

We still live in a made-up man's world where real women don't fit

Marketing & Media

We still live in a made-up man's world where real women don't fit

Bathobile Chime, Issued by Catchwords 2 Aug 2023

Image supplied. Khangelani Dizba, head of Raprt Creative's PR & Influencer and passionate advocate of gay rights explores advertising to the LGBTQQIAAP+ community

Marketing & Media

Advertising to LGBTQQIAAP+ community: More than just Pride Month campaigns

Danette Breitenbach 3 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

HIV alarm in Uganda as anti-gay law forces LGBT 'lockdown'

9 Jun 2023

#OrchidsandOnions: Siya and Rachel Kolisi make a dynamic duo in FNB ad

Marketing & Media

#OrchidsandOnions: Siya and Rachel Kolisi make a dynamic duo in FNB ad

Brendan Seery 5 Jun 2023

Woolworths Pride campaign sparks calls for boycott

Retail

Woolworths Pride campaign sparks calls for boycott

5 Jun 2023

Eusebius McKaiser. Source: 702.

Marketing & Media

Eusebius McKaiser played a transformative role in talk radio in a democratic South Africa

Sisanda Nkoala 5 Jun 2023

Political and social commentator Eusebius McKaiser suddenly passes away

Marketing & Media

Political and social commentator Eusebius McKaiser suddenly passes away

Danette Breitenbach 30 May 2023

Ugandan human rights lawyer and activist leads fellow activists to file a petition challenging the signing of the new Anti-homosexuality law by President Yoweri Museveni, at the constitution court in Kampala, Uganda, 29 May 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Legal

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Reuters 30 May 2023

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Legal

Namibia's top court recognises same-sex marriages formed elsewhere

Nyasha Nyaungwa and Anait Miridzhanian 17 May 2023

File photo: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni speaks during a Reuters interview at his farm in Kisozi settlement of Gomba district, in the Central Region of Uganda, January 16, 2022. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Legal

Uganda parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ bill mostly unchanged

Aaron Ross 2 May 2023

File photo: Quin Karala, 29, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of one poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda 4 April 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Legal

Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

Elias Biryabarema 28 Apr 2023

File Photo: An LGBT activist wears a badge as he attends a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. 22 February 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner

ESG & Sustainability

For LGBTQ Kenyans, court win prompts backlash as threats escalate

Ayenat Mersie 18 Apr 2023

#OrchidsandOnions: Kia Tsamaya ad a perfect example of authenticity

Marketing & Media

#OrchidsandOnions: Kia Tsamaya ad a perfect example of authenticity

Brendan Seery 11 Apr 2023

Ugandan legislators participate in the debate of the Anti-Homosexuality bill, which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations during a sitting at the Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda 21 March 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Legal

Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Fame Film Shorts Festival calls for entries

Lifestyle

Fame Film Shorts Festival calls for entries

3 Mar 2023

58th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards reveals nominees

Lifestyle

58th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards reveals nominees

3 Mar 2023

New film releases this March

Lifestyle

New film releases this March

Daniel Dercksen 1 Mar 2023

Marketing & Media

Gen Z: The one to watch in your PR strategy

Karabo Ledwaba 13 Feb 2023

Pope Francis addresses the media while aboard the plane from Juba to Rome, returning from his visit to Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, 5 February 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via Reuters

Legal

Pope Francis says laws criminalising LGBT people are a 'sin' and an injustice

Philip Pullella 6 Feb 2023

What's hot at the box office this February

Lifestyle

What's hot at the box office this February

Daniel Dercksen 1 Feb 2023

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Healthcare

Injectable HIV treatment offers hope to Ugandan patients

22 Dec 2022

Marketing & Media

New global insights study published on LGBTQ+ marketing and its future

1 Dec 2022

#Loeries22: The 4 themes of the yellowbrick road with VMLY&R

Marketing & Media

#Loeries22: The 4 themes of the yellowbrick road with VMLY&R

Karabo Ledwaba 6 Oct 2022

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Tourism & Travel

Why SA Tourism invited over 840 of the most influential travellers to #ShareSouthAfrica

Bronwen Auret 27 Sep 2022

Brands, it's okay to have an opinion

Marketing & Media

Brands, it's okay to have an opinion

Sam Spiller, Issued by Clockwork 22 Sep 2022

5 ways we can walk the inclusive talk

Marketing & Media

5 ways we can walk the inclusive talk

Adam Hunter, Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 29 Jun 2022

Image supplied: Carla Franco

Lifestyle

#MusicExchange: Carla Franco's new chapter

Martin Myers 21 Jun 2022

#OnTheBigScreen: Jurassic World Dominion and Fire Island

Lifestyle

#OnTheBigScreen: Jurassic World Dominion and Fire Island

Daniel Dercksen 10 Jun 2022

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Marketing & Media

Actor Jamie Bartlett passes away

24 May 2022

Source: REUTERS. A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 50X magnification on day four of rash development in 1968. CDC/Handout via REUTERS

Healthcare

WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases cross 100 in Europe

23 May 2022

Beverley Ditsie, Irfaan Mangera and Don Mattera are the winners of the Artfluence Human Rights Awards 2022

Lifestyle

Artfluence Human Rights Award winners announced

28 Apr 2022