'It Has to Stop': Runners Protest Women's Murders in S.Africa District
Several hundred runners covered 13 kilometers to honor victims and press authorities to confront gender-based violence after nine women were killed.
- On Saturday, several hundred runners held a 13-kilometer protest in Kempton Park to honor 38-year-old Elizabeth Moselakgomo, who disappeared while running and was found dead days later.
- Police found the bodies of nine women in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, over the past two months; authorities are investigating whether the deaths are connected.
- "We shouldn't be looking at our back. We should be protected at all times. We want to reclaim our streets," said local runner Hlompho Matji, 47, reflecting residents' safety concerns.
- President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged a thorough investigation on Thursday, while more than a thousand students held a vigil in Cape Town on Friday demanding stronger action.
- South Africa suffers from a murder rate exceeding 60 daily, with only one in 10 cases solved; the government declared gender-based violence a national disaster in 2025.
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The Independent
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‘It has to stop’: Runners protest women’s murders in Kempton Park
Hundreds of runners gathered on Saturday in Kempton Park, near Johannesburg, where the body of a 38-year-old mother was discovered earlier this month - one of nine women to be murdered in the district in two months.
Radio France Internationale
'It has to stop': runners protest women's murders in S.Africa district
Elizabeth Moselakgomo, a well-known figure locally, was last seen alive on September 9 when she left to go running. Her body was found three days later. She leaves behind her an eight-year-old daughter. South Africa suffers from a murder rate of more than 60 a day on average, one of the highest globally. But in this district alone east of Johannesburg, nine women have been murdered between July 15 and mid-September, provoking growing fear and an…
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