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# Wave of hate crime continues in South Africa
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/wave-of-hate-crime-continues-in-south-africa/
- Published: 2021-05-07T16:17:59.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-07T16:17:59.000Z
- Description: Phelokazi Ndlwana, a 24-year-old out lesbian, is the latest victim of a suspected hate crime.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Hate Crime, Lesbian Rights, LGBTQ, South Africa

![](https://www.gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/south-africa-Phelokazi-Ndlwana-600.jpg)

Phelokazi Ndlwana

**Phelokazi Ndlwana**, a 24-year-old out lesbian, is the latest victim of a suspected hate crime after she was found dead in the town of **Khayelitsha** on **May 2.** Police told the *[Cape Times](https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/khayelitsha-lesbian-stabbed-to-death-in-suspected-hate-crime-b809e78c-63b9-4a95-a29f-87df03855d2b?ref=scenemag.co.uk)* that Ndlwana was attacked outside a bar and found by her friends. She died as a result of stab wounds, and a suspect is currently in custody.

Although the killer’s motives are unclear, Ndlwana’s family believe the attack was a hate crime, with her cousin **Thembalakhe Balele** saying: *“She never started fights with people and was loved by many. We believe this must have been a hate crime and call for justice.”* Her death comes as part of a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime in **South Africa,** with [April](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/south-africa-sees-wave-of-anti-lgbtq-hate-crime/) seeing the murders of 4 gay men.

![](https://www.gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/stop-the-hate-stop-hate-crime-sign-600-400.jpg)

Following Ndlwana’s death, local gender-based violence advocacy group, **Ilitha Labantu,** said: *“We are deeply saddened to hear that yet another member of the LGBTQ+ community have been brutally murdered…We shall never tolerate this form of discrimination and appeal to our justice system to impose harsh sentences on suspects of gender-based violence.”*