Murder of Zoliswa Nkonyana
| Murder of Zoliswa Nkonyana | |
|---|---|
| Location | Khayelitsha, South Africa |
| Date | 4 February 2006 |
| Weapons | Golf clubs, bricks, knives |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Victim | Zoliswa Nkonyana |
| Perpetrators |
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| Motive | Sexual orientation of victim |
| Accused | 9 |
| Convictions | Murder |
| Convicted | 4 |
Zoliswa Nkonyana (died 4 February 2006) was a South African woman who was murdered by a group of at least four men while walking home from a shebeen in Khayelitsha. In 2012, four men were found guilty of her murder. The verdict was noted as groundbreaking due to it explicitly stating that Nkonyana had been murdered due to her being a lesbian, a first in South African legal history.