Gay rights activists marched to the KwaThema police station to voice their frustration over the police’s "inaction" about solving hate murders.

Lesbian activist Noxolo Nogwaza’s stabbed, stoned and beaten body was found in a ditch in KwaThema, in Springs, on Easter Sunday.

A national task team is to tackle hate crimes against lesbians and gays, the justice ministry said on Wednesday.

The murder of a lesbian activist who was stoned and stabbed to death is part of an "epidemic" of hate crimes against gays, Human Rights Watch says.