The goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS, Michael Ballack has decided to use the platform of his official Farewell Game, which will be held in Germany on 5 June to raise funds and awareness on HIV and AIDS. The game will be internationally televised.
Health4Men, a project of the Anova Health Institute, expresses outrage at the murder of a gay man in Kuruman, in Northern Cape province. Thapelo Makutle, a volunteer with a local gay organisation was gruesomely beheaded on Sunday 10 June after being confronted about his sexuality by his attackers.
This is clearly a hate crime on the basis of sexual identity and an extreme example of the ongoing prejudice and violence perpetuated against gay men in South Africa.
