05:37 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThe brutal killing of a South African lesbian activist has been condemned as a hate crime by Human Rights Watch.<\/p>\n
The US-based group has urged the police to do more to find those responsible for the recent murder and rape of Noxolo Nogwaza.<\/p>\n
She was stoned and stabbed on 24 April after a row in a bar in KwaThema township, east of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
Activists say gay South African women are targeted for what some call “corrective rape”.<\/p>\n
Unlike in many African countries, homosexual acts are legal in South Africa and the constitution outlaws discrimination based on sexual orientation.<\/p>\n
But activists say gay and lesbian people are often attacked in townships.<\/p>\n
“Nogwaza’s death is the latest in a long series of sadistic crimes against lesbians, gay men, and transgender people in South Africa,” said Human Rights Watch researcher Dipika Nath.<\/p>\n
The police say they are investigating the case and are waiting for the results of the post-mortem.<\/p>\n
Prayers were held for Ms Nogwaza outside her home on Saturday and some activists report hearing threatening comments from young men in the crowd.<\/p>\n
They fear some of the killers may have mingled with the mourners.<\/p>\n
In 2008, female footballer and gay rights activist Eudy Simelane was also killed in KwaThema, some 80km (50 miles) east of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
Two people were given long prison terms for her murder and rape, although prosecutors denied that her sexuality had been a motive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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