‘This is a war’: South Africa battles femicide as women’s bodies pile up
”Elizabeth Moselakgomo, a 38-year-old mother and runner who disappeared after leaving home in the Ekurhuleni municipality, east of Johannesburg, for her usual run around 5:30 pm on September 9 [Photo courtesy South African Police Service]‘It feels like individuals are being hunted’Princess Eurika Mogane, a commissioner at South Africa’s Commission for Gender Equality, told Al Jazeera the killings reflected a broader crisis facing women across the country.
A poster is seen at a scene of a discovery of the body of a 38-year-old woman last week while jogging, in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, September 17, 2026 [Themba Hadebe/ AP Photo]‘If I leave today, can I survive?
Forensic investigators work at the site where the body of a woman was discovered on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, September 17, 2026 [Themba Hadebe/ AP Photo]‘Adjust our lives to perpetrators’Police advice urging women not to walk or run alone and to avoid isolated areas following the killings has prompted criticism.
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