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LGBTQIA+ people in SA ‘are under siege’
23 April 2021 - 08:00 By Chris Makhaye
Murders of queer people in and around Durban recently have highlighted their daily struggle to survive, let alone find acceptance. File photo.
Image: Loren Elliott/Reuters/ File photo
Until recently, Simphiwe Mkhize, 18, was dreaming of a career as a social worker. But that dream has now been shattered after he was forced to quit grade 9 at his school in Tongaat, about 40km north of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal.
 
Mkhize says he often found himself in fights with fellow pupils who were insulting him and calling him names because he is gay.

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