The list of LGBTIQ+ people brutally murdered in South Africa continues to grow. Since 12 February 2021, at least 16 confirmed (and two others yet to be confirmed) queer people have been killed.

The government and the criminal justice system have reacted by promising more of the same old failed strategies to deal with the crisis. The long-awaited Hate Crimes Bill remains in limbo, no closer to becoming law.

Please continue to share this petition as part of the campaign to remember the victims and to demand that the authorities take real action to stem the crisis.

Here are the latest victims of LGBTIQ+ murders in South Africa since the last update on 30 April 2021:

• Khulekani Gomazi, 27, who was beaten to death on 3 April in Mpophomeni in KwaZulu-Natal after being accused of sexual assault.

• Lindokuhle Mapu, 23, who was stabbed to death in Mfuleni, outside of Cape Town, on 9 May.

• Aubrey Boshoga, 48, whose body was dumped outside his house in Johannesburg on 29 May.

• Masixole Level, 28, whose body was found on a street in Kwazakhele, in the Eastern Cape, on 6 June.

• Anele Bhengu, 28, whose stabbed and mutilated body was discovered in KwaMakhutha, KZN, on 13 June.

• Lulama Mvandaba, who died days after being beaten outside a shebeen in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape.

• Motse Moeketsi, 36, whose body was discovered in Freedom Park in Gauteng after he was reported missing on 18 June.

• Sheila Lebelo, a 33-year-old lesbian who was murdered and raped in Atteridgeville, Gauteng around 27 June.

In addition, gay man Sam Mbatha is still missing after a male body was discovered in his burnt-out car in Klipgat in the North West province on 17 June. The remains have yet to be identified through DNA testing.