Nine Women Found Dead in Ekurhuleni: Security Expert Maps Possible Transport Links

Alison Botha on Ekurhuleni murders: 'We are tired!'

Alison Botha, the South African woman who was kidnapped, brutally raped and disembowelled in an attack more than 30 years ago, has condemned the sexual assault and murder of nine women in Ekurhuleni in recent weeks. The gender-based violence crimes have sparked fears of a serial killer. This past week, South Africans have rallied together to join the fight against femicide. ALISON BOTHA REFLECTS ON EKURHULENI MURDERS In a video posted on her soc…

Nine women found dead in Ekurhuleni: Security expert maps possible transport links

A security expert has identified a possible transport-corridor pattern in the locations where nine women’s bodies were found across Ekurhuleni. Police have not confirmed that the cases are connected.

‘Where’s the sense of urgency?’ - Alison Botha speaks out after nine women found dead in Ekurhuleni

More than three decades after surviving a horrific attack that left her fighting for her life, Alison Botha has once again stepped in front of the camera with a message for South Africa’s women. Botha was 27 when she was abducted by two men in Port Elizabeth, now Gqeberha, on December 18, 1994. She was […]

Place of peace, pattern of neglect

By the time you read this, at least nine women’s bodies will have been identified by grieving families across Ekurhuleni — a city whose name, in isiTonga, means “place of peace.” Over the past two months, their bodies have been found in Kempton Park, Pomona, Clayville, Olifantsfontein, Rhodesfield, KwaThema and Dawn Park. Police are investigating […]

Expert in forensic psychology explains what 9 bodies found in Ekurhuleni could mean for serial killer probe

A psychology expert explains behavioural clues linking Kempton Park’s nine bodies, while a Rhodesfield abduction survivor could offer investigators a breakthrough.