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Flash flooding kills 21 people in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
2023-12-30

Two people, including South African rapper AKA, are shot dead outside a restaurant in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The assailants fled the scene on foot, according to police.
2023-02-10

Three people are killed and 17 others are injured by a freak wave at a beach in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
2022-12-17

In Massachusetts, Democrat Maura Healey defeats Republican Geoff Diehl in the gubernational election, making her the first elected female Governor of Massachusetts. Healey is also the first ever lesbian governor in US history.
2022-11-8

In South Africa, 15 people are killed in a mass shooting at a bar in Soweto, Gauteng. Four more are killed at a tavern in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. Many others are wounded in both attacks.
2022-07-10

The Kenya Film Classification Board bans the lesbian romance film "Rafiki" saying it intends to "promote lesbianism".
2018-04-27

An under-construction shopping mall collapses in the South African town of Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, with 50 people trapped and at least one person dead.
2013-11-19

The murder of a South African lesbian activist who was stoned and stabbed to death is condemned as part of an "epidemic" of hate crimes against gays in South Africa.
2011-05-3

Lesbian student Constance McMillen, banned by a high school in the United States from bringing her girlfriend to her leavers' dinner, is to receive a $35,000 settlement in response to a discrimination lawsuit.
2010-07-20

A nearly 25-year study published today in "Paediatrics" concludes that children raised in lesbian households are "psychologically well-adjusted" and have "fewer behavioral problems than their peers".
2010-06-7