The late Bonang Gaelae A recently-engaged queer couple is no more after one partner was killed and the other injured in a horrific hate crime attack in Sebokeng in Gauteng. According to community-based groups, on 12 February, Bonang Gaelae and her partner of four years, Chitta, become involved in an altercation with a man they knew from the community regarding an electricity outage in the area.
It’s believed that the man made advances on Bonang and also threatened the couple. When they tried to move away, he allegedly hit Chitta with a brick, knocking her to the ground.
He then allegedly stabbed Bonang in the neck. Bonang was driven to the hospital by a friend in a desperate attempt to save her life but she did not survive the brutal