Thami Kotlolo (aka Thami Dish) Feather Awards founder Thami Kotlolo has called out Premier David Makhura for failing to deliver a long-promised LGBTIQ+ Desk in Gauteng and the South African government for not taking action on queer rights. In a scathing open letter to Makhura, Kotlolo, who is popularly known as Thami Dish, said that since 2014, the premier had repeatedly committed to creating the LGBTIQ+ Desk to promote and secure the equality of LGBTIQ+ people in the province.
To date, Kotlolo said, “nothing has happened.” The disillusioned activist noted that LGBTIQ+ people continue to be killed and attacked in hate crimes around the country and said that the province and the government have done little to secure their safety or to