Sphamandla s throat was slit! Mbali Dlungwana Murder accused Thando Mgenge appearing in court. Photo by Jabulani Langa.
THE man linked to the murder of Sphamandla Khoza appeared in the Ntuzuma Magistrates Court yesterday.
Thando Mgenge (25) from Ntuzuma F, north of Durban, faces a murder charge for allegedly killing the 34-year-old over his sexuality.
Khoza’s body was found in a ditch near his home. His throat was slit and he was stabbed multiple times. Mgenge turned himself in.
Members of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of South Africa (Glasa) and the LGBTQI community were also in court.
Mgenge’s lawyer, Andile Thusi, brought the suspect’s aunt to court for her to confirm that she would take him in if he were granted bail.
WHEN Labour was trying to make itself electable again in the 1990s its media advisers developed a tick-box approach to avoiding policies and attitudes that might discourage voters. It was called “eliminating the negatives”. Alba seems to be doing precisely the reverse. In its short life, Alex Salmond s party appears to be piling up as many negatives as possible. Offensive remarks about racial minorities: check. Arouse the antagonism of LGBT community – check. Invite accusations of anti-English racism – check. Deeply unpopular leader – check. All they need to do now is kick away a few wheelchairs from disabled people and advocate seal pup killing and they d have antagonised every minorities lobby in the land. I joke, perhaps, but not much. It s been rather like an episode of The Thick of It.
Scores of LGBTQIA+ activists protest at KwaNobuhle Magistrate s Court. (Photo: Lulama Zenzile/Gallo Images)
Luvuyo Jonas, who stands accused of murdering well known Kariega gay man, Andile Ntutela, has abandoned his bail application.
Jonas, 28, appeared in the KwaNobuhle Magistrate s Court on Tuesday on a charge of murder.
He is accused of killing Ntutela and burying him at his KwaNobuhle home at the end of March.
Luvuyo Jonas, who is accused of murdering a popular Kariega gay man, Andile Ntutela, has abandoned his bail application.
Jonas, 28, appeared in the KwaNobuhle Magistrate s Court on Tuesday on a charge of murder.
The case was postponed to 1 June for further investigation.
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South African man mutilated, ‘buried in the yard’ in suspected homophobic crime Muri Assunção
A gay man was murdered, mutilated, and then buried in a yard in a suspected hate crime in South Africa, according to local reports.
The remains of Andile “Lulu” Ntuthela, 40, were discovered late last month in a shallow grave near his alleged killer’s front door in Eastern Cape, a province in the southeast coast of South Africa.
According to the South African radio Jacaranda FM, a spokesperson for the local police, Priscilla Naidu, said that investigators arrested Luvuyo Jonas, 28 earlier this month, after his family reported him for burning his bedding.