South Africa: Gay couple denied accommodation

Owner of a guesthouse, Villa Vita Nouva, may soon face Equality Court for discriminating against gay guests. Marion Botha cancelled a gay couple’s booking a week ago after finding out that they were gay claiming that her guesthouse in Vredenburg, Cape Town, doesn’t accommodate homosexuals. In her refusal outlined in the email she sent one of the guests, Botha emphasised that her four star guesthouse is “certainly not gay friendly.” She further indicated that the guesthouse was a Christian household.