HATE CRIMES

Iranti-Org has direct contact with activists and victims of violence and their immediate families. We interview families, activists and friends on what they believe took place, we talk about their views on LGBTI issues in their context. We assist LGBTI groups in formulating advocacy plans that will assist in amplifying their voices and accelerate actions from the Police and other service providers. We also interview and engage with decision-makers such as Traditional and Political Leaders. We do follow up on cases and conduct media monitoring.

Documented hate crimes against LGBTI persons in South Africa

• Patricia Mashego, a lesbian from Daveyton, Johannesburg was brutally murdered, her body was found on 21 April. A memorial service and meeting will take place on corner Eisland Street and Mockey Street in Daveyton 26 Aprilat 2pm. Show solidarity against hate crimes. Join us in our support and love to the family of Patricia.
• Bonisiwe Mtshali trial update. Bonisiwe Mtshali a black, South African lesbian woman, receives justice early one year after her attack at the Carlton Centre in July of 2012. A successful triumph for Iranti-Org, the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW) and a proud moment and victory for all LGBTI women in South Africa.
• Thapelo Makhutle, a 24 year old gay man from Soeding Village, Kuruman, was beheaded and his genitalia were severed and inserted into his mouth. Iranti-Org coordinated the advocacy campaign in the week of Thapelo Makhutle’s death. We drafted press statements, interviewed friends of Thapelo who saw him the night he was killed. In collaboration with the NC NGO Coalition, Red Cross and LEGBO organized a memorial service and a public march in protest of the ongoing hate crimes. Iranti-Org spent a week in Kuruman and continues to work with the LGBTI community and the Makhutle family. Read more....
  
• Andritha Morifi lived as an out lesbian in the village of Phola Park, Mokopane. She was killed in July 2012 in her home with a braai fork (barbeque fork) inserted into her throat.
• Sanna Supa was shot and killed while opening the gate to her house in Bram Fischer, Soweto. In response to Sanna Supa’s death we immediately interviewed activists and friends from her community and released a public video to the President of South Africa. We met with activists in Soweto, and investigated the site where she was killed and documented the scene.

Thapelo Makhutle

Andritha Thapelo Morifi

Sanna Supa