FIRST STEP TOWARDS DOCUMENTING LGBT HATE CRIMES

An organisation is taking steps towards documenting LGBT hate crimes in South Africa for the first time. It’s a move that will hopefully finally allow activists and officials to understand the scale and nature of the problem.

WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION OF KURUMAN MURDER

Groups and organisations across South Africa, including the DA and Cosatu, have condemned the brutal murder of a young gay/trans individual in Kuruman, but the Hate Crimes Task Team remains silent.