Some 21 women and children have been killed in the past few weeks. One particular case that served as a catalyst for government refocusing on GBV was the brutal murder of 28-year-old Tshegofatso Pule, who was stabbed and hanged from a tree in Roodepoort earlier this month. She was eight months pregnant.
Three women have been brutally killed this month in KwaZulu-Natal while the country is reeling from a shocking surge in gender-based violence during the national Covid-19 lockdown.
“Police are appealing for assistance to locate the relatives of the woman,” police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele said.“Upon arrival at the scene, police found the body of a woman with multiple stab wounds on the body. It was established that the deceased was killed in another area and was dumped near Giba Gorge on a foot pathway.”“The deceased is dark in complexion and has short hair. She was wearing navy jeans, a white top with blue flowers and a black belt.
In a separate incident last week, KZN Social Development MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza said 29-year-old Bongisile Gumede-Mseleku was allegedly killed by her boyfriend in the presence of her three children in Nkwezela area’s ward 8 in Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Local Municipality.
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