South African police are looking into whether an organized gang that robs and murders gay men may now be operating in Cape Town following another similar killing.

Since April of 2010 eight gay men have been found murdered under similar circumstances in the South African province of Gauteng which houses the cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria.

The gang allegedly gain the trust of their victims so that they will let them into their homes where they are then tied up and strangled before the gang ransack their homes for valuables.

A South African girl is set to drop 100 kilograms (16 stone) in order for her to have gender reassignment surgery.

Raven El Messaoudi, 15, from Johannesburg, has lived as a girl for ten months since coming out as transgender.

The teenager used to live on a diet of 14 eggs-on-toast for breakfast, a McDonald’s meal of a Big Mac and three cheeseburgers for lunch and fried chicken and pasta for dinner.

Pride organisers have responded to accusations of racism and elitism by the black lesbian campaigners who blocked the Johannesburg march with a lie down protest.

The action by the NGO, One in Nine, resulted in minor clashes with pride organizers on Saturday (6 October), triggering a very public debate on the purpose of pride.

Letters between Mahatma Gandhi and the man some say was his gay lover are to go under the hammer at Sotherby’s auction house in London.

The correspondence, papers and photographs, which were owned by German Jewish bodybuilder Hermann Kallenbach, are expected to fetch between £500,000 to £700,000 ($777,000 to $1.1m).

Mr Gay World contestants have spent the last few days absorbing South African culture and stripping off to take part in a ‘sports challenge’.

Delegates from around the world are attending the event in Johannesburg but Mr Gay New Zealand, Andrea Derleth, have picked up the prize so far, for an obstacle course and written exam on questions about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history.

Hunks and hotties from around the world have descended on South Africa to represent their countries in the Mr Gay World (MGW) contest.

The finals will take place on Sunday (8 April) at the Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City, Johannesburg.

The MGW contest is held annually and claims it allows gay men representing their nation to compete to become ambassadors for equality.

MGW calls their winners ‘genuine and positive role models that will champion equality and diversity in society and the media both gay and mainstream’.

A multi award winning South African entertainer and a cabaret star have been announced as hosts of the Mr Gay World (MGW) grand finale.

Taking place on 8 April at the Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City, Johannesburg, the event will also see performances from a number of acts including a Russian pop star and former Mrs World, a South African soap star and a local performance troupe.

Founded in 2009, the MGW contest is held annually and claims it allows gay men representing their nation to compete to become ambassadors for equality.

Mr Gay World's first black African finalists will send out a 'powerful message of hope', say organizers.

Robel Gizaw Hailu from Ethiopia, Wendelinus Hamutenya from Namibia, Lance Weyer from South Africa and Taurai Zhanje from Zimbabwe, will compete in the global male beauty pageant in Johannesburg, from 4 to 8 April.

Homosexuality is illegal in 38 African countries, with Mauritania, Sudan, and northern Nigeria allowing for the death penalty.

Mr Gay World's Africa director Coenie Kukkuk has hailed the news as a major development.