Free Gender calls for vigorous action on hate crimes

An activist group Free Gender called on government to help stop the scourge of homophobic killings after the murder of a 19-year-old lesbian woman who was stabbed to death on Friday last week. Media reports suggest Sihle Sikoli was walking from a tavern with a friend when they were attacked. Friends of the young woman believe her murder is a hate crime. The organisation’s Funeka Sodaat spoke to us about some of the challnges lesbians are faced with in SA...