LGBT rights in South Africa

===National Intervention Strategy for LGBTI Communities===
In August 2011, the [[Department of Justice and Constitutional Development|Department of Justice]] established a National Task Team (NTT) to address the issue of hate crimes against LGBT people.<ref>{{cite news |title=Team starts work on gay hate crimes |agency=[[South African Press Association|SAPA]]-DPA |date=10 August 2011 |url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/team-starts-work-on-gay-hate-crimes-1.1115051 |newspaper=[[Independent Online (South Africa)|IOL News]] |access-date=15 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203104521/http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/team-starts-work-on-gay-hate-crimes-1.1115051 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> In April 2014, [[Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development|Minister of Justice]] [[Jeff Radebe]] launched a National Intervention Strategy for LGBTI Communities developed by the NTT to address sex-based violence and [[gender-based violence]] against members of the community. The NTT has established a rapid response team to attend to unsolved criminal cases as a matter of urgency and produced an information pamphlet with frequently asked questions about LGBTI persons. Radebe stated that the Department of Justice acknowledged the need for a specific legal framework for hate crimes and that the matter would be subjected to public debate.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Intervention Strategy for LGBTI Communities 2014|url=http://www.justice.gov.za/vg/lgbti/2014-LGBTI-Strategy.pdf|publisher=Department of Justice and Constitutional Development|access-date=20 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Radebe launches LGBTI violence programme |url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/radebe-launches-lgbti-violence-programme-1.1681563#.U8vOjOOSyyg |access-date=20 July 2014 |agency=SAPA |newspaper=IOL |date=29 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626095708/http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/radebe-launches-lgbti-violence-programme-1.1681563 |archive-date=26 June 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Diale|first1=Lerato|title=Plan to combat gender violence|url=http://www.thenewage.co.za/124285-1007-53-Plan_to_combat_gender_violence|access-date=20 July 2014|work=The New Age|date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720144529/http://www.thenewage.co.za/124285-1007-53-Plan_to_combat_gender_violence|archive-date=20 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>