The Pride Rainbow Flag was raised at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg to mark the official start of Pride Month in South Africa. October is recognised as Pride Month to commemorate Africa’s very first Pride March, which was held in Johannesburg on 13 October 1990.
On that day, while still in the grip of the apartheid regime, around 800 people marched through the city to demand their human rights.
The historic event was organised by the likes of the late gay anti-apartheid activist Simon Nkoli, queer filmmaker Beverly Ditsie, and Edwin Cameron, who went on to become a constitutional court judge.
On Friday morning, the Thami Dish Foundation hosted a small gathering of activists who braved the grey and wet spring weather to raise the flag at