>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <careaga%40servidor.unam.mx> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <careaga%40servidor.unam.mx> >To: SOGI list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<Sogi%40list.arc-international.net> > >Subject: [sogi] [iire-lgbt] southafrika >Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:12:25 -0500 (CDT) > >----- Mensaje reenviado por [EMAIL PROTECTED] <winter%40zeromail.org>----- > > >Dear friends, colleagues, comrades > >I would like to share these horrible news with you: a black lesbian was >stoned to death last Sunday in a township in the South African province >Kwa Zulu Natal. You will find the details in the email below. > >Unfortunately this it not a single exceptional incident but happened >only three weeks after the murder of two black lesbians in Soweto who >have been kidnapped, tortured and executed. This was the third hate >crime of this kind only in Soweto since January 2007. > >Activist are discussing right now how to respond to these phenomena as >in spite of extensive work in the sector of violence against women, the >South African state and the general public seems not to acknowledge the >"state of emergency" women in South Africa and especially black lesbians >are living in. > >As soon as there is a campaign and a plan of action developed I will >pass on the information to you as the situation might require >international support. > >Best wishes >Antje > > > >Dr. Antje Schuhmann > >Department of Political Studies >University of the Witwatersrand >Johannesburg/ South Africa > >0027 (0) 7 9651 9651 > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<wendy%40powa.co.za> > > >Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 12:11 PM >Subject: Alert: Lesbian Stoned to Death In Ladysmith > > >Dear All, > >We have just received a report of a possible hate crime from our media >contact in Ladysmith, Kwa-Zulu Natal. > >On 22 July 2007 at about 5pm the body of a 23-year old young lesbian, >Thokozane Qwabe was found by people herding cattle in a filed near E >Section Community Hall. Her clothes were lying about 70m from where her >body was found. She had a number of wounds to her head. The previous >night, when she was least seen, was in the company of a man. He has >subsequently been arrested and charged with murder. > >I have made contact with the police in Ezakheni and will send follow-up >fax for more information. I have also been informed that the Durban >Lesbian and Gay Community Centre will hold a public meeting in Ladysmith >this coming Sunday. Ladysmith is a very small, conservative and >homophobic town. I recommend we start thinking of ways to provide >support to the Centre and the lesbian and gay community in the town. > > >Regards >Wendy Isaack >Manager: Legal Department >People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA) >Tel: +2711 6424345 >Fax: +2711 4843195 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <wendy%40powa.co.za> > >'We need to understand what it means to be heterosexual as well as >homosexual and that our sexualities affect whether we live or die.....' >Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
