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Everyone should be free to live a safe and dignified life, have a family and make their contribution to society. The Other Foundation works to change the views, practices and institutions that prevent people - because of who they are or who they love - from being able to do that in southern Africa. We gather support for those who are working to advance equality and social inclusion of homosexual and bisexual women and men, as well as transgender and intersex people - and we give support in a smart way that helps groups to work better for lasting change. |
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| Breaking Through the Backlash |
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| Unprecedented backlash emerged in 2023, bringing a new phase in our struggle for LGBTI freedom, equality, and social and economic participation. Africa witnessed an unprecedented wave of anti-rights lobbying and mobilization. As a result of progress in recognizing the human rights and freedoms of LGBTI citizens in recent years, southern Africa has become a key theatre of contestation by anti-rights movements to roll back the entrenchment of these gains. In the face of this, we witnessed extraordinary resistance and triumph by LGBTI activist groups in 2023.
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The Supreme Court of Mauritius, in a landmark ruling that reverberated far beyond the country’s borders the court declared the long-standing ban on same-sex intimacy to be not only discriminatory but also un-African and unconstitutional. The victory in Mauritius serves as a rallying point for LGBTI people across Africa, illustrating that despite the backlash, determination in our pursuit of freedom and equality can yield tangible results.
Similarly, LGBTI activists in Malawi and Namibia have been resolute in their activism to have homosexuality decriminalized despite organized hate campaigns and violent attacks, activists in Botswana have stood their ground in the face of hate campaigns to prevent the enactment of decriminalization by the government, activists in South Africa remained steadfast in seeing through the passing of a hate crimes and hate speech Bill by the South African parliament despite a strong opposing lobby, activists in Zambia have held firm in the face of resurgent hate campaigns, and activists in Angola have pushed forward with litigation to make the 2021 decriminalization of homosexuality real by seeking a court judgement against violence and discrimination towards LGBTI people.
As a result, the tide is slowly beginning to turn again. After a period of retraction amongst churches in several countries, several church leaders in the region appear to be regaining a social justice perspective in relation to non-violence and non-discrimination towards LGBTI people. There has been a marked increase in the level of interest amongst business corporates in both workplace equity and the market potential of LGBTI people. More media houses in several countries in the region have given informed and balanced voice and visibility to the lived experience of LGBTI people despite still too frequent sensationalist coverage by many others. A growing number of parliamentarians from an increasing number of countries in the region are openly speaking out against the denial of the equal citizenship of LGBTI people. More parents and families are coming in more countries in the region to openly protect their LGBTI children from harm.
All these developments, supported by the Other Foundation, are key aspects of how LGBTI activists have been breaking through the backlash in our region.
The resistance and advances have been achieved on the strength of renewed vibrance in organizing by activists and more attention to safety and security, resulting in significant growth of LGBTI movements in the region. This year saw particularly remarkable growth in mobilizing and organizing of intersex activists. The growth, in general, has been evident in the massive expansion of Pride events this year, not only in bigger cities but particularly in smaller towns and townships. The Other Foundation has supported the emergence of many of these events.
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| Cleansing, Blessing, and Thanksgiving |
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As though symbolically marking the steadfastness of the LGBTI activist movements in the face of efforts to erase progress towards the equal citizenship of LGBTI people in our region, the Other Foundation this year bought, renovated, and moved into its own property. It marked this milestone in the Foundation’s life story by holding a cleansing, blessing and thanksgiving celebration with its closest supporters.
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| Making the Business Case for LGBTI Inclusion |
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| During the Pan Africa ILGA conference in August, the Foundation hosted a session on the business case for LGBTI economic inclusion with the Human Rights Campaign. The panel explored the need to quantify the buying power and market influence of LGBTI people, to make the case for why corporates should take more notice of LGBTI people. The panel also spoke about why civil society organizations should work with corporates and use the power to influence public policies and change attitudes in the different countries.
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In partnership with McKinsey & Company, the Other Foundation commissioned a nationally representative study to measure the buying power and economic influence of LGBTI people in South Africa. With Ipsos as the survey agency and the Foundation’s request for your participation, the required number of respondents was reached with a high level of participation of transgender and non-binary people at 30% of total responses, resulting in a 95% confidence level in the results. Based on the data, the ‘Pink Rand’ report will be launched in the first quarter of 2024, for the first time definitively quantifying the size of the LGBTI market in South Africa.
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Corporates have an important role to play in countries where the backlash is strongest too. In December, the Foundation convened representatives of 13 major corporates to explore how they might use their influence to protect and advance the human rights, freedoms, and equal citizenship of LGBTI people across Africa, especially in countries where LGBTI people face heightened safety and security threats. The Foundation hosted this convening in partnership with Meta and Norton Rose Fulbright, with the patronage of the former South African Constitutional Court Justice, Edwin Cameron.
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| Establishing a Regional LBQ Network |
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The emergence of strong networks of lesbian focused and lesbian led organizations in the region remains under-developed. To support the advancement of this interest, the Foundation supported the convening of LBQ organizations in the run-up to the 2023 Pan Africa ILGA conference, building on its prior support to build such a network. While some progress was made at the gathering, the Foundation intends to intensify its investment in building a regional LBQ network in 2024 and beyond.
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| Legislators for Equality |
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In November, the Foundation and its strategic partner the Global Equality Caucus for the first-time convened parliamentarians from several African countries along with a few leading LGBTI activists to establish a regional network of legislators who support equality, safety, and freedom for LGBTI people in Africa. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum partnered to hold the convening and Nedbank hosted the gathering at its headquarters in Johannesburg.
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Parents and Families Become
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This year marked Parents Unite and Care for All Children (PUCAC) in eSwatini becoming operational with the support of the Foundation. It is the first formally organized, independent group of parents and families of LGBTI people in the region outside South Africa. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Parents and Families of South African Queers (PFSAQ), the Foundation supported the convening of parents and family groups from 9 southern African countries to expand organizing of, and activism by parents and families of LGBTI people in more countries in the region.
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| Where the Money Goes
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| In 2023, the Foundation gave ZAR 23.3 million in 88 grants, the highest amount given in a year since the Foundation’s establishment. This brings the total amount of grants given to ZAR 97.3 million, given to 629 projects. |
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Our grant proposal peer reviewers assessed 294 grant applications this year, amounting to a request for ZAR 91 million, received in response to the Foundation's open call for grant proposals.
17 peer reviewers were selected from 103 applicants from 12 countries, to recommend the grants to be given. Click here to meet the 2023 peer reviewers and to hear what they have to say about the peer review process, and click here to see the grants given by the Foundation.
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| Meet Our Team |
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Jane Rossouw
Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Officer
Jane has worked on several research projects for the Female Dignity Initiative, UNAIDS, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Reygan Consult, and Wits University. She has a Master's degree in critical diversity studies from Wits University and is reading for a PhD in educational psychology at the University of Johannesburg. Jane also teaches at the South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP).
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Obakeng Pholo
Business and Media Officer
Obakeng was the syndication manager at The South African, an online media agency, and the editor in chief of Opera News in South Africa. Prior to that, he worked at Proctor and Gamble as a media practitioner, where he was an active member of its GABLE LGBTI affinity group. He has a diploma in media practices from Boston Media House.
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Click here to meet the rest of the Other Foundation team.
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Gratitude to the Other Foundation's trustees whose dedication, commitment, and vision have played a crucial role in guiding the Foundation towards making a real and meaningful difference. Click here to get to know the trustees of the Other Foundation.
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| The work of the Other Foundation would not be possible without the generous support and solidarity of our donors. We are grateful to them all. |
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AARON SCHWINDT - ABRI PEROLD - ADRIAN COMAN - AGNES NYGREN - ALAN ROBERTS - ALBERT LOUW - ALEX ZIMPER - AMANDA GEYER - ANATHI SHOSHA - ANDILE MZINYATI - ANDREA MAHARAJ - ANDREW HOWARD - ANN-MARIE GOLIATH - ANTOINE PAPAYYA - ARCUS FOUNDATION - ASHLEY GREEN-THOMPSON - AYANDA BALLENSIEFEN - BARBARA BOHLE - BARBARA WRIGHT - BLANCHE TING - BOKANG MAROBA - BONGANI KHUMALO - BONGILE LECOGE - BONGINKOSI MAHALA - BRADLEY FORTUIN - BRENDA YENI - BRETON ALBERTI - BRETT PYPER - BRIAN HLONGWA - BRIAN OLSON - BRIAN SIBEKO - BRUCE COURIE - CARINA CAPITINE - CARL WOCKE - CARLA SUTHERLAND - CAROLINA SHIELDS - CATHERINE HENDRICKS - CHESLIN TWIGG - CHRIS NESSLING - CHRIS TAUTE - CHRISTOPH MINKE - COBUS BENADE - CONSTANCE MASEHLA - CONSTANCE MATSHENE - CRAIG ABRAHAMS - CRAIN SOUDIEN - DANA GAMPEL - DANIEL VAN WYK - DARREN KELLY-LOULIE - DARRYL HOWARD - DAVID DAVIDS - DAVID PRESSMAN - DAVID RYAN - DEAN EBDEN - DEBORAH BAILEY - DEON GROENEWALD - DIMITRI MARTINS - DNA BRAND SOLUTIONS - DONALD NXUMALO - DONALD STPIERE - EBEN LASSEN - ELIDJA SITOE - EMMA KAYE - EUSEBIUS MCKAISER - FANNEY TSHIMONG - FEISAL ISRAEL - GARTH FRENCH - GAYLENE PETERS - GEORGE MURUMBA - GERALD KRAAK - GINA TAGLIERI - GLENDA NOEMDOE - GRAHAM PATRICK - GUILLIAN CIRHUZA-KOKO - HAFEEZA RASHED - HARRIET TOLPUTT - HAZEL DE WET - HEETEN KALAN - HEINE VAN WYK - HERBIE AUCAMP - INGRID TUFVESSON - INKA VON STERNEFELS - ISABEL GOODMAN - ISE BOSCH - ISRAEL MQINGWANA - ITAI MUNYARADZI - ITUMELENG MAMABOLO - JACKIE HLONGWANE - JACQUELINE HART - JAY BADZA - JEAN PAUL WARMOES - JEFF ARNSTEIN - JODY COLE - JODY JACOBS - JOE MABILO - JOELINE HLONGWA - JOHAN FOURIE - JOHAN MINY - JOHN FRENCH - JOHN HARVEY - JON STRYKER - JONATHAN COHEN - JORG HASSENBACH - JOSEPH ROCK - JOSEPHE ROCK - JP POTGIETER - JULIANE HIESGEN - JULIE MOOSA FLETCHER - JUNIOR SIDZUMO - JUSTIN GOODMAN - KAITLIN DAVID - KARABO LEDIGA - KARABO NOINYANE - KEITH MUKAMI - KEVIN CHANG - KGOMOTSO KGASI - KHOLEKILE NDAMASE - KOBUS BOOYSEN - KRISTINE STALLONE - LALI MOLEYA - LAURIE ADAMS - LEBO MOTHIBE - LEE-ANN CHAIN - LERATO MOLEFE - LESEGO NGOBENI - LINDA JACOBS - LIOPELO MAPHATHE - LORING MCALPIN - LOUIS FOURIE - LUCKYBOY MKHONDWANE - LUIZ DE BARROS - MAKGANO MAMABOLO - MALUSI MAKHATHINI - MAMOHALE DIMEMA - MARC ABRAHAMS - MARC FLETCHER - MARC VAN BERGEN - MARINUS TERBLANCHE - MARION GREEN-THOMPSON - MARIUS VOS - MARK CANAVERA - MARY SIMONS - MCLEAN KWABE - MELODY MEMELA - MICHAEL ADEE - MICHAEL EDDY - MICHAEL FIELD - MICHELLE ADAMS - MIGUEL DE BRITO - MIRRIAM EDDING - MOLEBATSI TUKA - MPHO THULARE - MUZI MALINDISA - NDABA FUNDI - NDUDUZO NYANDA - NDUMISO MNGOMEZULU - NEDBANK PRIVATE WEALTH - NEIL MAYER - NEO MODISAKENG - NEVILLE GABRIEL - NEVILLE JEFTHA - NEVILLE MOUNTJOY - NHLANHLA NDABA - NKULULEKO NZMANDE - NOAH BERNSTEIN - NOLAN VAN ROOY - NOMA MOTSHOTSHI - NOMZAMO ZONDI - NONTOKOZO MADONSELA - NORMAN MEKGOE - NOXOLO HLONGWANE - NTOMBI KUNENE - ODETTE RAMSINGH - OLWETHU MLAWU - OUMA TEMA - OWEN MOKOENA - PATRICIA WATSON - PATRICK DE BREE - PEDRO RAMOS - PETER GEYER - PETROS ABRAHAM - PHUMI MASHIGO - PIERRE BUCKLEY - PIETER BASSON - REID WILLIAMS - RHINO AFRICA TOURS - RINALDO BOTHA - ROZ LEE - RUAN GOURTEY - RYAN VOLKYN - SAKKIE PRETORIUS - SAMUEL SHAPIRO - SANDRA SIANE - SANDY MOUNTJOY - SEBENZILE NKAMBULE - SELLO NZAMA - SHAKA SISULU - SHARI TURITZ - SHAUN BOOTH - SHAUN VILJOEN - SHEKESHE MOKGOSI - SHELDON PENTZ - SHEREEN JAMES - SIBUSISO MALUNGA - SIMO MVINJEWA - SINENHLANHLA LUTHULI - SIPHO MTHATHI - SIPHOKAZI NOMBANDE - SISANDA MSEKELE - SIVU YISIWE - SIYA NTSALUBA - SLOBODAN RANDJELOVIC - SOLOME LEMMA - SPENCER ECKSTEIN - STEFAN RIEKERT - STIAN LUDIK - STUART SCHEAR - SUE SOAL - SUPRIYA KALIDAS - SYLVESTER CHAUKE - TAKALANI MADZHADZHI - TEBOHO KLAAS - TERRENCE MECK - TERRENCE THONDHLANA - THABISO RATALANE - THAMI KOTLOLO - THAMI O'BRIAN - THAPELO SEKOMA - THATO LETLAPE - THEMBA KALI - THULILE MAHONGA - TOM MKHWANAZI - TRACY GARY - TUMELO KADIKA - TUMI MOHALE - TYRON POULTER - UKHAMBA GIVING PLATFORM - VIRGINIA MAGWAZA - VISTA KALIPA - VIVA LILES-WILKIN - VUYANE MHLOMI - WAYNE MEE - WELISWA RADEBE - WESLEY ADAMS - WINSTON BECKFORD - WYNAND ENGELBRECHT - XHANTI PAYI - YOLISWA MAKHASI - ZACK BOTHA - ZAI LOURENSE - ZAMO ZONDI - ZANDILE NZALO - ZANELE MABENA - ZETHU NKAMBULE - ZINGAPHI NGEWU - ZINI GODDEN - ZINTLE NWABISE - ZIYANDA MAJOZI
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T1087/2013G | 168-094NPO | PBO930056168
Katlego KOLANYANE-KESUPLIE [Botswana] | Nalumino LIKWASI [Zambia] | Tumelo MASIHLEHO [South Africa]
Nolene MORRIS [South Africa] | Rosie MOTENE [South Africa] | Alan MSOSA [Malawi] | Paula SEBASTIAO [Angola]
Danilo DA SILVA [Mozambique] | Caine YOUNGMAN | [Botswana] | Neville GABRIEL (CEO)
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