The discovery of nine women’s bodies in Ekurhuleni has, again, shone a light on South Africa’s gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) crisis, which, at five times the global average, is one of the highest in the world. It has also laid bare, again, the failures of policing and local government to keep women safe.
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