Noxolo Nogwaza (1987 – 24 April 2011) was a South African lesbian LGBT rights activist and member of the Ekurhuleni Pride Organising Committee.
Police found used condoms, a beer bottle, and a large rock around Nogwaza's body,[2] which was left in a drainage ditch.
[4] Human Rights Watch described the attack as part of a hate crime "epidemic" against South African gays, comparing it to the rape and murder of footballer and lesbian activist Eudy Simelane in the same township three years before.
At one point, some of the mourners sang that they would castrate the suspects with razor blades themselves if police failed to arrest them.
[7] In November 2012, Amnesty International featured the case in its "Write for Rights" campaign, calling for a renewed investigation into the murder.