Uyinene mrwetyana
JUDITH FEBRUARY: Murder, corruption and insurrection - SA is falling apart
Babita Deokaran, Uyinene Mrwetyana and all the other violence we're experiencing point to a country whose centre is not holding, writes Judith February.
The Foundation in her honour on Saturday marched to parliament calling for an end to gender-based violence.
As the nation marks Women's Month, several cases of gender-based violence (GBV) have rocked the country in recent weeks.
It petitions Parliament to end gender-based violence and the exploitation of women and girls.
Tuesday marked two years since the rape and murder of 19-year-old UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana at the post office in Claremont by a worker.
The Uyinene Mrwetyana Scholarship was established in honour of the UCT student who was raped and murdered in 2019.
Parties were unanimous in backing the bills on Thursday but also warned that there was no easy fix for the deep-rooted problem of the scourge.
Three key Bills relating to gender-based violence have been introduced in Parliament that honours the promise made to protesters and women, writes Cyril Ramaphosa.
This was one of the issues raised during a webinar commemorating one year since the rape and murder of 19-year-old Uyinene Mrwetyana.
At an event marking a year since the murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana, the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation on Monday hosted a virtual discussion on the role of men and other issues in the fight to end violence against women.
The University of Cape Town student, aged 19, was raped and murdered at the Post Office in Claremont by a worker, Luyanda Botha.
The 19-year-old UCT student was raped and killed at the Clareinch Post Office before her body was dumped in Khayelitsha.
The University of Cape Town student was raped and killed at the Post Office in Claremont before her body was dumped in Khayelitsha.
There’s frustration nationwide with the killings of women and children thrust into the spotlight yet again.
Twenty-eight-year-old Tshegofatso Pule was laid to rest on Thursday after she was found hanging from a tree in a Roodepoort with multiple stab wounds to her chest.
Two weeks ago, Uyinene Mrwetyana's family instituted a civil claim against the Post Office for her murder.
The 19-year-old was raped and murdered by a Post Office teller inside the Clareinch Post Office in August last year.
Current and former Post Office staffers told Eyewitness News that they reported Ntuli for groping and spanking women, promising them jobs if they slept with him, or gave away their jobs if they didn’t to those who supposedly did.
Nomangwane Mrwetyana, the mother of slain Uyinene, said the family would light a candle and say a prayer at the lunch table in honour of her daughter.