A gay couple is accusing a South African winery of discrimination for refusing to host their wedding.

The owners of Diemerskraal wine estate in Paarl, South Africa, say ‘it didn’t feel right’ to host the wedding and reception of Emile Butler and his fiancé Gareth O’Brien.

Though Butler told South African newspaper the Weekend Argus they just wanted an apology from owners Daan and Jeanette Morkel, he has also filed a discrimination complaint with the Human Rights Commission.

The most recent victim of a string of brutal anti-gay murders in South Africa was found face down in a pool of blood on Monday morning (15 April).

Dr Carl Miscke, a gay professor at the University of Johannesburg, was stabbed multiple times after inviting his killer or killers into his home.

Police have confirmed his death will be investigated alongside those of eight other murder victims, the first of whom was found dead in April 2010 tied up and bludgeoned to death with a laptop computer.

Mr Gay Namibia, Ricardo Raymond Amunjera and his partner Marc Omphemetse Themba and have tied the knot in Johannesburg.

The official wedding reception ceremony will take place at Namibia`s Hilton Hotel, this Saturday (20 April), where the gay couple will also celebrate Amujera`s 30th birthday.

Gay marriage is illegal in Namibia and in Botswana, Themba’s home, forcing the couple to travel to South Africa’s Johannesburg where they had a civil ceremony.

What is believed to be the first traditional African gay wedding took place in KwaDukuza, South Africa, on the weekend.

Tshepo Modisane and Thoba Sithole, both 27 years old, married in front of 200 guests at the Stanger Siva Sungam community hall, fully dressed in traditional costumes and following a Zulu rite.

Gay marriage has been legal in South Africa since 2006 and the country is generally considered to be the most advanced in the continent on LGBT issues, despite widespread discrimination and violence against gay and trans people.

A South African Christian arts academy in Bloemfontein has been found guilty of human rights violation against LGBT people, the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) stated.

Councillor (Cllr) Abdulhamied Gabier, of the ANC, has been sharply criticized when he said the city’s council is trying to promote Cape Town as ‘moffie city’, an offensive term roughly translated as ‘faggots’.

IOL portal reported yesterday (28 March) that mayor Patricia de Lille, of the Democratic Alliance party (DA), said ‘the councillor had laid into Cape Town with a string of insults, among them the anti-gay slur’.

Mamphela Ramphele, leader of South Africa's newest political party, Agang (Sotho for 'Build'), stated she fully backs LGBT rights and is dedicated to fight homophobia.

Ramphele, a revered anti apartheid activist, announced last week (18 February) on the formation of a new political party and called upon South Africans to 'join me on a journey to build the country of our dreams'.

Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, who is charged with murder, was cut from the pro-gay It Gets Better campaign yesterday (18 February).

The organizers of the campaign aiming to stop homophobic bullying said it would be inappropriate for the sportsman to continue to be involved, the South Africa Times reports.

The South African justice ministry has asked the country’s Human Rights Commission to investigate claims of unfair discrimination at arts academy that says it can cure gays.

Creare Training Centre in Bloemfontein offers a course to cure gay and stated that anyone who objects to the ‘treatment’ should be dismissed.

Scissor Sisters singer Ana Matronic has shown her suppport for a campaign to end violence against lesbian women in South Africa.

In an emotional video made for Amnesty International's Write for Rights campaign, the US performer has spoken out against the plight of 24-year-old lesbian activist Noxolo Nogwaza who was raped, beaten and stabbed to death in South Africa in April, 2011.

It is believed she was attacked because of her sexuality and Nogwaza's killers have yet to be brought to justice.

Maurice Tomlinson, a Jamaican gay activist, had recently sued the two station alleging they breached Jamaica's constitutional charter on fundamental rights and freedoms by refusing the air the pro-gay ads.

During the first hearing on 12 December the court assigned three judges for the constitutional case and marked the next formal hearing to take place from 27 to the 31 of May, 2013.

South African president Jacob Zuma, despite his vocal homophobia, has given his cautious support of marriage equality.

After the country became the first, and the only, country in Africa to legalize same-sex marriage, it was criticized by right-wing politicians as going too far to become the ‘Rainbow Nation’.