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He was a 16-year-old when he was killed in December last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The body of Ntlanganiso, who was a member of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexual (LGBTQI) + community, was discovered between the shacks at BT informal settlement in Site C on Thursday 4 December last year, his eyes gouged out, bricks were found next to his severely injured head and his abdomen was partially burnt. (\u2018Bludgeoned to death\u2019,&nbsp;<em>City Vision<\/em>, 11 December 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magistrate <a href=\"https:\/\/za.linkedin.com\/in\/brendale-abrahams-950b91124\">Brendale Abrahams<\/a> from Khayelitsha Magistrate\u2019s Court stated that both accused don\u2019t want bail. \u201cTheir next appearance will be on Thursday 7 May and their case will be held on television. They won\u2019t be in the courtroom as usual,\u201d said Abrahams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lesbian activist and a founder of Free Gender, <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/i-cant-be-an-activist-forever-funeka-soldaat-lays-down-her-arms-20230525\/\">Funeka Soldaat <\/a>said they are pleased with the fact that they are still in jail. Free Gender is an non-profit organisation that fights for the rights and lives of black lesbians in the townships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soldaat vowed to continue coming to court until the last day of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will monitor all the court proceedings. This might be the tactics of the court for us to lose interest in the case. And once the magistrate perceives that we are no longer coming in numbers in court then they start with the verdict. We need to be smart and think ahead,\u201d said Soldaat. 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