Izibuko Zethu

20/08/2026

✨ Celebrating Trans Women, Visibility and Courage 🩷💙🤍🏳️‍⚧️
Our Director attended the beautiful Brave Beauties Exhibition, a celebration of trans women, their stories, visibility, courage and resilience.
It was a powerful evening of art, community and celebration, and a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with familiar faces while witnessing trans women being honoured and celebrated openly.
As Izibuko Zethu, we recognise the importance of creating and supporting spaces where trans women can be visible, celebrated and affirmed. In South Africa, being able to gather publicly and celebrate identity is something we should never take for granted, especially while many in our communities continue to face discrimination, violence and exclusion.
Congratulations to Yaya Mavundla, Prof. Zanele Muholi, and every woman who contributed to making this special evening possible. Your courage, creativity and visibility continue to inspire and create space for others.
Izibuko Zethu remains committed to connecting communities and building futures where everyone can live with dignity, visibility and pride. ❤️

19/08/2026

Stand With Aviwe 🏳️‍🌈✊🏽

Let’s come together in solidarity and march for Aviwe Nkume. ❤️

Join us on 20 August 2026 at 8:00 AM at New Law Court, Port Elizabeth, as we demand justice and show that Aviwe is not alone.

📢 Kwedini kaMadlamini - we are behind you!
✊🏽 Justice. Dignity. Equality. Accountability.

A petition for justice will also be circulating at the march. Let our voices be heard as we continue to stand against violence and injustice affecting the LGBTQI+ community.

As South Africa KUBO! 🇿🇦🏳️‍🌈

***rJustice

19/08/2026

30/06/2026

Izibuko Zethu remembers.
500 days since the assassination of Imam Muhsin Hendricks and still there are no arrests, no answers, no justice. This silence is not neutral. It allows violence against LGBTIQ+ people to continue with impunity.
On the final day of Pride, we choose to remember his name, his courage, and his humanity. Pride is what remains when protection fails. It is the decision to still be here, to speak, and to refuse forgetting.
We remember Imam Muhsin Hendricks.
We refuse impunity.
We are still here.

29/06/2026

In loving memory of uMama Nonceba Zweni.
A home that became a sanctuary.
A mother who chose love when others chose silence.
A safe space where Lusikisiki’s LGBTIQIA+ community could gather, learn, cry, laugh, and heal.
Your courage and generosity live on in every life you touched and every story carried forward.
Hamba kakuhle Mama. Lala ngoxolo.
Your legacy remains with us always.

20/06/2026

Our lives. Our rights. Our future.
If you care about LGBTQIA+ people, make it count. Register to vote and show up.
20 and 21 June, 8am to 5pm
Find your voting station and be ready.
Q***r the vote. 🏳️‍🌈✊

maps.elections.org.za/vsfinder

12/02/2026

At Izibuko Zethu, we believe that community means no one is left behind. Our q***r migrant and refugee siblings are part of our reflection. Their safety, dignity, and belonging are tied to our own.
The Draft Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection is not abstract policy. It will decide who gets to belong, who gets protected, and who is pushed further into the margins.
We are calling on our communities to respond with care, courage, and action. Read the draft. Share your voice. Add your submission. When we speak together, we disrupt harm and make space for justice.
Izibuko Zethu is a mirror. What we reflect today shapes the future we all must live in.

25/01/2026

Izibuko Zethu is calling on q***r communities to act. The draft Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Regulations will shape how our lives are protected or ignored. Silence leaves gaps. Participation closes them.
Read the draft and make a submission before 28 January 2026.
👉https://www.justice.gov.za/legislation/notices/2025/20251128-gg53729gon3650-Hat-Crimes-Draft-Regulations.pdf