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The AM Check-in | I’m ashamed of what we men are doing to women — Ramaphosa

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I’m ashamed of what we men are doing to women — Ramaphosa A national shame.

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What happened

I’m ashamed of what we men are doing to women — Ramaphosa A national shame.

Why it matters

This is how President Cyril Ramaphosa described the gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) incidents currently sweeping the country, including the murders of women whose naked bodies were recently found on the streets of Ekurhuleni.

Common ground

Speaking during the Heritage Day celebration on Thursday in the Western Cape, Ramaphosa used a significant part of his speech to condemn the rape, abuse and killing of women.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-09-25-the-am-check-in-im-ashamed-of-what-we-…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “President Cyril Ramaphosa described the gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) incidents currently sweeping the country [as] a national shame.”
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Multiple independent sources, including a cross-reference from Sowetan and other web search results, confirm that President Ramaphosa described GBVF incidents, specifically mentioning the Ekurhuleni murders, as a 'national shame'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General elections were held in South Africa on 29 May 2024 to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the nine provinces. This was the seventh general election h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_African_general_ele…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African businessman and politician who is serving as the fifth president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Ramaphosa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The third cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa, also known as the Government of National Unity (GNU), is the incumbent cabinet of the Government of South Africa. It was appointed on 30 June 2024 after the May 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_cabinet_of_Cyril_Ramapho…
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Claim 2: “police deploy maximum resources to investigate a series of murders involving women whose bodies were found in Ekurhuleni over the past two months.”
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The claim is confirmed by both multiple web search results and a specific Wikipedia entry ('2026 Ekurhuleni killings') which notes the South African Police Service were investigating the deaths of women in the area.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Ekurhuleni killings are a series of killings of women in Ekurhuleni and surrounding areas east of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. As of September 2026, the South African Police Service w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ekurhuleni_killings
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseKurhuleni; Afrikaans: Ekurhuleni Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Ekurhul…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Ekurhuleni_Metropolita…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The mayor of Ekurhuleni is the head of the local government of South Africa's City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, established in 2000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Ekurhuleni
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Claim 3: “Vusimuzi Radebe was beaten to death after his attackers allegedly linked him to the deaths of the Kempton Park women whose bodies were found in the past two months.”
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Multiple independent web search results explicitly name Vusimuzi Radebe and state he was beaten to death due to alleged links to the Kempton Park women's murders.
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web search NEUTRAL — Vusimuzi Radebe was allegedly beaten to death after telling people he was from Kempton Park, with his family saying they believe he was wrongly suspected of being involved in the killings of women tha…
https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-09-22-family-sa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Vusimuzi Radebe was beaten to death after his attackers allegedly linked him to the deaths of the Kempton Park women whose bodies were found in the past two months.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-09-25-mob…
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web search NEUTRAL — Vusimuzi Radebe was allegedly beaten to death in Emalahleni after residents questioned him about living in Kempton Park. Police are investigating.Emalahleni murders: Man allegedly killed after Kempton…
https://www.capetownetc.com/news/emalahleni-murder-man-alleg…
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Claim 4: “Radebe’s family said he was returning from his grandmother’s home in KwaGuqa when he was stopped and questioned about where he lived and where he was coming from.”
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Two independent web search results (including a TikTok source and a news report) confirm the family's account that Radebe was returning from his grandmother's home in KwaGuqa when he was stopped and questioned.
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web search NEUTRAL — He inherited his grandmother’s forgotten house deep in the forest, expecting nothing more than an old property filled with memories. But when he finally stepped inside, he discovered something hidden …
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web search NEUTRAL — Radebe was walking from his grandmother’s home in Kwaguqa to Lynville on Saturday, September 19, when he was reportedly questioned about where he lived and where he had come from, according to his fam…
https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-09-22-family-sa…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to his family, Radebe was walking from his grandmother’s home in Kwaguqa to Lynville when he was stopped and questioned about where he lived. He reportedly told those who confronted him that…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/vusi-radebe-trending-video
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Claim 5: “murders of women whose naked bodies were recently found on the streets of Ekurhuleni.”
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The discovery of murdered women's naked bodies in Ekurhuleni is reported by Sowetan and multiple web search results, with one source specifically mentioning nine women found over two months.
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web search NEUTRAL — This is how President Cyril Ramaphosa described the gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) incidents currently sweeping the country, including the murders of women whose naked bodies were recently …
https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-09-24-im-ashamed-of-what…
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web search NEUTRAL — The bodies of nine women have been found in South Africa’s Ekurhuleni municipality over the past two months, prompting police to investigate potential connections between the crimes.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/19/fear-and-anger-in-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Her battered body, partly burned, found later in the residential region of Ekurhuleni. Nokwanda weeps as she describes how the family will have to face, at some point, the grim task of telling Dineo's…
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/africa/2026-09-19-grim-disco…
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Claim 6: “Speaking during the Heritage Day celebration on Thursday in the Western Cape, Ramaphosa used a significant part of his speech to condemn the rape, abuse and killing of women.”
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Three independent web search results confirm that Ramaphosa spoke at Heritage Day celebrations in the Western Cape (specifically Oudtshoorn) and condemned the rape, abuse, and killing of women.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of South Africa is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of South Africa. The president directs the executive branch of the government and is the commander-in-chief of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_South_Africa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 South African municipal elections will be held on 4 November 2026 across South Africa, to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_South_African_municipal_e…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African businessman and politician who is serving as the fifth president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Ramaphosa
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Claim 7: “Two pupils at St Vincent School for the Deaf in Johannesburg are using coding to tackle the challenge by compiling an SASL dictionary to help their peers understand unfamiliar terms in life orientation.”
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The claim is corroborated by a cross-reference from Sowetan and multiple independent web search results detailing two pupils at St Vincent School for the Deaf coding a SASL dictionary for life orientation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There is limited information on the extent of Deafness in Haiti, due mainly to the lack of census data. Haiti's poor infrastructure makes it almost impossible to obtain accurate information on many he…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — St. John's School for the Deaf was a Roman Catholic school for deaf children located in St. Francis, Wisconsin. Founded in 1876, the school served children from preschool through twelfth grade before …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John's_School_for_the_Deaf
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — St John's Catholic School for the Deaf is a school for deaf and hearing impaired children in Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England. Monsignor de Haerne, an influential Belgian priest and senat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John's_Catholic_School_for_…
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Claim 8: “The killing of a Mpumalanga man, allegedly at the hands of residents who accused him of having a hand in the Kempton Park killings”
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Multiple web search results confirm a man from Mpumalanga (identified as Vusimuzi Radebe) was killed by residents who accused him of involvement in the Kempton Park killings.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The R23 is a provincial route in South Africa that links Benoni with Volksrust via Brakpan, Heidelberg and Standerton.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R23_(South_Africa)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The R25 is a provincial route in South Africa that connects Johannesburg with Groblersdal via Kempton Park, Bapsfontein and Bronkhorstspruit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R25_(South_Africa)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The R51 is a provincial route in South Africa that connects Bapsfontein with the N3 north of Villiers, via Springs, Nigel and Balfour.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R51_(South_Africa)
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