

The violence began with the brutal killing of Eudy Simelane in April 2007. She was found dead in a ravine in Kwa Thema, just outside Johannesburg, after she’d been gang-raped and stabbed 25 times in the face among other places. Simelane was the first women in Kwa Thema to live openly as a lesbian…2007. Since then, the violence against lesbian women has risen in the African country. While groups are lobbying for crimes like these to be classified as not only murder and rape but hate crimes as well, it seems that South African legislators are largely ignoring this rash of violence against women.
All I can think is wow.
The Shining clip and a few follow-up articles after jump…
at about 2.16 is the “correct” part…
South Africa’s Trial Postponed for Eudy Simelane’s Alleged Killers
John Qwelane’s homophobia: Old lefty answers are bankrupt
Raped and killed for being a lesbian: South Africa ignores ‘corrective’ attacks
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