Philosophical evaluation of South Africa strategy in confronting homophobia

Abstract

The strategies by South African government in addressing gender discrepancies have yield no results because there are prevalent gender discriminatory practices and attitudes, which have already culminated into homophobia. Thence the main objective of this paper is to evaluate the government remedial strategies against cultural matrices as determined by patriarchy and homophobia. In addressing the objective, the study deployed qualitative research method, wherein relevant documents, journals, as well the South African Constitution (1994) pertaining to LGBTI matters were consulted. The outcome was that despite significant measures by the government and other institutions in African Renaissance ISSN: 1744-2532 (Print) ISSN: 2516-5305 (Online) • Indexed at: EBSCO, ProQuest, J-Gate and Sabinet • Also indexed and accredited by IBSS and SCOPUS Special Issue, September 2019