Mr Gay South Africa 2012 was chosen at a glittering Grand Finale in Pretoria on Saturday 8 December 2012 at the brand new, state-of-the-art Atterbury Theatre at Lynnwood Bridge and would have represented South Africa at Mr Gay World 2013, in August 2013 in Antwerp, Belgium.
The first runner-up, Steve Williams, took over the 2012 title since June 2013 and represented South Africa at Mr Gay World 2013 in Antwerp, Belgium.
Mr Gay South Africa is a heavily promoted role in the country and the title holder takes his job of educating, informing and campaigning to the public at large seriously.
On 26 November 2011, Mr Gay South Africa 2011, Lance Weyer (24) was crowned[3] winning prizes valued at over R300 000.
[4] Lance Weyer is an elected public representative (East London),[5] this fact causing the mainstream press in South Africa to widely report on his win.