The station highlights that October marks the first Pride Parade in South Africa, which took place on Saturday, 13 October 1990. In 2021, South Africa celebrates 31 years since that first parade, which took place in Johannesburg.
5 Nights (Monday to Thursday, 19:00 to 22:00) saw Smash Afrika interview musician and performance artist Desire Marea. Listeners are encouraged to watch the full interview
here.
Listeners can also look forward to chats with Nic van Jaarsveld, as well as with YouTuber Noks Simelane, a transgender man who has been using his YouTube channel to document his transition journey to both inspire and inform South Africans.
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