Dimakatso Mathetha was a proudly LGBTIQ+ woman LGBTIQ+ activists who sought to honour a lesbian at her funeral were faced with homophobic abuse from her family and the pastor. On Saturday, Dimakatso Mathetha, 30, was laid to rest in Orange Farm, outside of Johannesburg.
It’s believed that she committed suicide following a recent violent hate crime attack at a tavern. Members of her family also reportedly refused to accept her sexuality.
According to the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW) and Vaal LGBTI, police delayed opening a case in the tavern attack against Mathetha and her partner, Refilwe Khokhoo.
The couple had gotten engaged just days earlier. This left the perpetrator to roam the streets “whilst they lived in fear, as he
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