The murders of five queer individuals in less than a month in the Nelson Mandela Bay area represents a shocking surge in anti-LGBTIQ+ violence in South Africa in 2024. LGBTIQ+ services and advocacy group OUT LGBT Well-being expressed deep concern over the deadly violence, which claimed the lives of two clients of its Engage Men’s Health project. The project provides sexual health services to gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). OUT revealed that a total of five brutal murders took place in the Eastern Cape metro within just four weeks. These included: 18 August 2024: Xolani Xaka, a 32-year-old gay man from Zwide, Gqeberha, was fatally stabbed by unknown assailants who called him to the gate of his home. We previously reported on this cold-blooded crime.