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Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa

Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa

By GhanaSummary NewsroomPan-Africa

South Africa's police issue detailed crime statistics every quarter, which show that between April and June this year - 5,427 people were murdered."Nokwanda is speaking to the BBC from the family home near South Africa's main city, Johannesburg, just two days after relatives identified Dineo's body.

The problem has always been there but this spate of grim discoveries has once again sparked a national outcry about the scale of violence against women in the country – which has one of the highest rates of gender-based violence in the world.

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