Sisulu admits LGBTQI+ issues have not been part of the agenda at ANC conference

ANC's social transformation committee chairperson Lindiwe Sisulu said no proposals have been made by her committee on ways to address the protection and support of people who are a part of the LGBTQIA+ community.

JOHANNESBURG - The ANC's social transformation committee chairperson Lindiwe Sisulu has admitted that the party has not deliberated on issues affecting queer people, despite repeated hate crime incidents in the country over the years.

Sisulu spoke to Eyewitness News on the sidelines of the currently underway 6th national policy conference in Nasrec, Soweto. Sisulu said delegates engaged for at least three hours dealing with violence against women, but LGBTQIA+ women seem to not have made the list of victims.

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