In yet another suspected LGBTIQ+ hate crime, a gay man has been stabbed to death in a township in the Vaal area. Vaal LGBTI Project Manager, Azania Sengwayo, told MambaOnline that Nathaniel Mbele, known as Spokgoane, was found stabbed in the chest on the 2nd of April in Tshirela, near Vanderbijlpark.
According to reports, Spokgoane, a resident of Bophelong, was last seen alive at a tavern in Tshirela. He left without telling his friends where he was going and his body was later found nearby at around 10pm.
A man arrested in connection with Spokgoane’s murder has appeared in court. Sengwayo said that the case has been postponed to 20 April at the Vanderbijlpark Magistrates Court.