Hate crimes
KZN police arrest suspect for murder of lesbian woman Anele Bhengu
The 21-year-old lesbian woman was murdered on Sunday in an apparent hate crime.
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LGBTQI+ people will be marching for the right to live this Youth Day
One of the men last seen with Anele Bhengu allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday.
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Outrage as Aubrey Boshoga's killing suspected to be another LGBTQI+ hate crime
Activists and allies of the LGBTQI+ community have condemned this incident which comes just a few weeks after the total tally of murdered LGBTI persons this year rose to 10.
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A silent genocide: Activists angered after fourth LGBTQIA+ murder in 2 months
In the latest incident, a woman was killed in Khayelitsha last weekend.
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MATUBA MAHLATJIE: I am the older queer man I wanted to see as a child
Matuba Mahlatjie says he cannot believe it's only now in 2021 that he is reflecting on the past trauma of having nowhere to belong.
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The Broken Rainbow Podcast: Homeless while queer - the search for a safe home
As the country’s queer community continues to live in fear in light of the recent attacks against them, being homeless means that the struggle for survival is greater due to being not safe.
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WC MEC Fritz: I won’t rest until attacks against LGBTQIA+ community addressed
The most recent incident in Cape Town is the murder of 22-year-old Lonwabo Jack who was found stabbed to death just over a week ago.
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Fritz vows to bring issues affecting LGBTQIA+ community to the fore
This is in the wake of several suspected hate crimes against members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
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Arrest in Lonwabo Jack's murder case welcomed
Police on Wednesday apprehended a 17-year-old boy in connection with the murder of 22-year-old Lonwabo Jack.
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Gay rights activists call on government, SAPS to investigate hate crimes
This after Lonwabo Nolte was stabbed to death over the weekend. Queer Lives Matter's, Kamva Gwana, believed that this was a homophobic attack.
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Dozens of LGBTQIA+ members march to Parly against suspected hate crime murders
Andile 'Lulu' Ntuthela was murdered in the Eastern Cape and his body was found last month.
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Brutal murder of Durban gay man leaves LGBTQ+ community living in fear
According to media reports, 34-year-old Sphamandla Khoza from Ntuzuma was stabbed and had his throat slit in a suspected hate crime.
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Police boss vows to address hate crimes against LGBTQIA+ community
This comes amid increasing levels of murder and rape against members of the gay community in South Africa with no way to classify these crimes.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Attacks on foreign nationals are a form of hate crime
Political parties must not tap dance around the issue of violence against foreign nationals, but must rather call things as they are, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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Police investigating Texas shooting as possible hate crime - chief
In recent months, El Paso has also become one of the busiest entry points for undocumented migrants, especially from Central America, seeking asylum in the United States.
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[WATCH] State of Hate: Increase of hate incidents in the US
The rising environment of hate isn't your imagination, the number of incidents motivated by it rose in 2017 in the United States.
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Trial date set for man accused of killing lesbian Strand woman
Twenty-three-year-old Noxolo Xakeka was murdered allegedly because she was a lesbian.
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Process to criminalise hate speech, crimes gets underway
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on Wednesday introduced the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill.
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UK hate crimes surge on Brexit and militant attacks
The Home Office said there were 80,393 offences in 2016/17, a rise of 29% from the year before and the largest percentage increase since the figures were first collated five years ago.
