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Gay activists in South Africa have welcomed the life sentence handed down to a man for the killing and gang rape of lesbian football star Eudy Simelane. Ms Simelane was one of the first women to live openly as a lesbian in KwaThema township near Johannesburg. The Lesbian and Gay Equality Project says lesbians are often targets of sexual violence by people wanting to "cure" their homosexuality.

More than 30 lesbians have been reported raped and murdered in homophobic attacks in South Africa since The body of the former national women's football team player and lesbian activist was found in an open field in KwaThema township in April She died from wounds to the abdomen after being gang raped and stabbed 12 times.

On-location reporting from KwaThema, South Africa, on the life and violent death of national footballer Eudy Simelane.

Her naked body was dragged towards a stream and dumped. In the Delmas court, Judge Mokgoathleng said he believed she and her attackers were known to each other. Themba Mvubu, who had pleaded not guilty to all charges, was also sentenced to 20 years for being an accomplice to rape and 15 years for robbery. The prosecution initially had said sexuality was not a motive, but activists insisted it was a case of "corrective rape".

After the sentence, Ms Simelane's mother Mally said: "I'm happy. I'm released. My life will come right again", South Africa's Mail and Guardian newspaper reports. Most Popular Now 56, people are reading stories on the site right now.

Eudy Simelane was a famous soccer player who played for the South Africa women's national football team and LGBTQ+ rights activist; her murder was a highly.

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