How a South African and his Namibian ‘teddy bear’ took on same-sex laws and won

21 May 2023 - 00:00

“I’ve been on pause ... and now my life can finally move.” This is how South African-born Daniel Digashu describes the past week, in which he and his Namibian husband Johann Potgieter won a nearly seven-year fight to get their same-sex marriage recognised in Namibia. ..

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