Two homosexual hatecrimes: Thokoza lesbian Duduzile Zozo and gay Newtown restaurateur Brian Shalkoff

Two homosexual hatecrimes: Thokoza lesbian Duduzile Zozo raped & murdered: and suspicions over murder of gay Newtown restaurateur Brian Shalkoff: Thokoza resident, Duduzile Zozo, was brutally 'correctively gang-raped' and murdered over the weekend in a horrific hatecrime. She was found dead with a toilet-brush rupturing her vagina. The SAPS said they still have to 'await the results of the post-mortem examination to determine whether she had been raped...' Zozo was found half-naked in Thokoza, Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg on Sunday, and her mother Thuziwe Zozo reportedly said she believed her daughter was killed because of her sexuality, the South African Press Association reported. Thokoza Police Captain Godfrey Maditsi said "officials were awaiting a post-mortem to determine if she had been raped", according to the Times Live. He asked the public to come forward with any information about those who committed the murder. "We urge the community to approach police with any information that will lead to the arrest of people responsible for this barbaric act, so that they can face the full might of the law," Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane reiterated Tuesday. ------ http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/south-africa/130702/south-africa-duduzile-zozo-murdered-lesbian-hate-crime ------------- Meanwhile the Hillbrow SAPS are also investigating whether the murder of Brian Shalkoff 65, world-famous Newtown restaurateur was a homosexual hatecrime. He died from his internal and external injuries a month after a horrific assault by four black males against him and life partner Eduan Naude - 3 July 2013 At the moment, the SAPS are still referring to the vicious murder-attack as a 'robbery'. The SAPS does not have a seperate category for hatecrimes on their crime-statistics. SAPA. Pic: Juan Manguia - Brian Shalkoff, 65, who was a co-owner of the Gramadoelas-restaurant in Newtown, Johannesburg, has died of his horrific internal and external injuries a month after he and his life-partner Eduan Naude were assaulted during a 'robbery attack,' reports The Star on Wednesday. The SAPS confirmed to Farmitracker that Shalkof and Naude were attacked for four armed black males when they arrived at their residence in Hillbrow in the early-morning hours from their restaurant in nearby Newtown. Shalkoff was 'horribly assaulted,' police confirmed - and he and Naude, also injured but less severely - were rushed to Millpark Hospital with extensive internal and external injuries. The police did not say what kind of weapons were used to assault Shalkoff.The violence used was very excessive and out of proportion to the small gains - indicating a high level of hatred towards the victims: the murderers only took laptop computers, cellphones and some cash. The SAPS was unable to say whether this vicious attack was due to the fact that the men were a homosexual couple. "All these aspects are still being investigated." Naude also was injured: but it was Shalkoff who received the full brunt of the assault. Naude confirmed to The Star that the life-supporting machines keeping Shalkoff 's body functioning, were turned off. The two men were devoted life-partners for the past 45 years and shared all the work and the financial management of the restaurant. Ever since its founding in 1967, The Gramadoelas restaurant has been a hugely popular venue for the theatre patrons of the nearby Market Theatre and also was world-famous, with international VIPs like Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and ex-president Bill Clinton on their guest-lists. It serves traditional South African foods and is known for its beautiful decor and genteel atmosphere. - SAPA --- http://www.gramadoelas.co.za/ http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/restaurateur-dies-after-brutal-attack-1.1541180 ------------- "Gay Killer Gang' suspected for homosexual hatecrime murders of Dr Carl Mischke and Barney Van Heerden in JOhannesburg: -------------- Johannesburg University Professor Dr Carl Mischke stabbed to death in Norwood: latest victim of 'GayKillerGang"? He lived just a few streets away from another victim, Barney Van Heerden: 18 April 2013 Johannesburg University professor Dr Carl Mischke was found stabbed to death at his home in Norwood. Eyewitness News writes that Dr Mischke's bloodied body was found Monday morning with 'several stab wounds'. The SAPS spokesman Brig Neville Malila said the SAPS are 'investigating the murder as being part of a series of murders on gay men in Cape Town and Gauteng. Dr Mischke would be the ninth such victim." Mischke is a Professor in Labour Law at the University of Johannesburg.Norwood – South African press is reporting that a University of Johannesburg professor of law, might be the ninth victim in a series of serial murders of gay SA men. Victim was Dr Carl Mischke, 47, whose body was discovered on Monday morning, laying on his bed, face down, in a pool of blood. He had multiple stab wounds, according to the reports. (Eyewitness News.) Police confirmed that the Norwood man’s death would be investigated as part of the hunt for the serial killer or killers. Police have described the killings as the work of a gang operating in Gauteng and Cape Town. They say the gang allegedly obtains the trust of their victims who allow them into their homes. It is believed that the victims may meet the murderers over the internet. ------------------------ LIVED JUST A FEW STREETS AWAY FROM VICTIM BARNEY VAN HEERDEN: Mischke lived just a few streets away from another victim, Barney van Heerden: ---------------- http://oblogdeeoblogda.me/2013/04/18/trial-date-set-for-3-accused-in-murder-of-south-african-gay-man/ - Police have arrested three suspected members of the gang in the murder of Van Heerden, but this does not seem to have thwarted the gang. Police have also linked similar murders in Cape Town.This could also be a copycat modus operandi. ------- http://ewn.co.za/2013/04/18/Serial-killers-claim-9th-gay-victim http://oblogdeeoblogda.me/2013/04/18/gay-professor-ninth-victim-of-south-african-serial-murders-of-gay-men/ ------------------------ It has taken the police well over a year to admit that this might be the work of serial killer or more than one person acting together in these targeted crimes. Gay men are urged to use extreme caution when allowing anyone into their homes. In the past cases often laptops and other such items are missing from the home of the victims.-A 29 year old man was arrested in Kempton park, wearing clothes taken from the home of Carl Mischke http://ewn.co.za/2013/04/18/Cops-arrest-man-for-UJ-profs-murder ----------------- http://oblogdeeoblogda.me/2013/04/18/gay-professor-ninth-victim-of-south-african-serial-murders-of-gay-men/ ------------------- http://www.censorbugbear.org/farmitracker/reports/view/902 ----------- ANC REGIME'S 'NATIONAL COUNCIL AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE DOES VERY LITTLE TO DELIVER ON ITS MANDATE DESPITE R20MILLION BUDGET - ---------------------- And although established over six months ago, the ANC-regime's National Council Against Gender-Based Violence based within the Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities has done very little to visibly deliver on its mandate, despite a R20 million budget. Furthermore, the "Corrective Rape Task Team" established by Justice, Crime Prevention and Security "to conduct a legislative audit of legislation pertaining to hate crimes in South Africa", has been silent since its creation in 2011. An estimated 10 lesbians are 'correctively raped/gangraped each week in South Africa. The victims of these rapes also are far less likely to report their victimisation to the police -- due to some of the stigmas still surrounding homosexuality. Recent Amnesty International research also suggests that black lesbians were the most at risk of such homophobic violence and that the State and society are failing to protect them. http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308?oid=387751&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389