‘This is a war’: South Africa battles femicide as women’s bodies pile up
ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
Nine women have been found dead in a Johannesburg neighbourhood, sparking widespread fear and anger across South Africa. The killings have intensified concerns over the country’s high rates of violence against women, prompting a large vigil at the University of Cape Town. Police are investigating all possibilities in the case.
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How it was reported
- Al Jazeera·‘This is a war’: South Africa battles femicide as women’s bodies pile up
Bodies of nine women have been found in a Johannesburg neighbourhood in two months, as worries grow over women's safety.
- NPR·South Africa 'feels like a prison' for women amid spate of femicides
South Africa has some of the highest rates of violence against women in the world, and a spate of killings of nine women in the same area in recent weeks has led to renewed outrage.
- BBC News·Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa
Dineo Motapane is one of nine recent victims whose deaths have left a nation traumatised over the level of violence against women.
- Al Jazeera·South Africans voice their anger as hundreds hold femicide vigil
Hundreds of people gathered at the University of Cape Town on Friday at a vigil for victims of femicide in South Africa.
- Al Jazeera·Fear and anger in South Africa as bodies of nine women found: What we know
Police examining 'all possibilities' as women in Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, fear murders could be linked.