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Soweto Women's Forum: War against gender violence, injustice go hand-in-hand
Protesters have accused police of a lack of accountability, saying a recent taxi rape victim’s case was mishandled at the Booysens Police Station.
A group of marchers at the Booysens police station say it is one of the centres where sexual abuse victims are mishandled and where their cases go unattended.
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says the gruesome nature of the attacks where some victims are burnt beyond recognition are even more disturbing.
The union, joined by other organisation such as SWEAT, has led marchers in Cape Town in calling for an end to the killing and rape of women and children.
Gqoba’s disappearance comes at a time when violence against women is in the spotlight after several femicides and abductions in Gauteng and the rest of the country.
Zodwa Mbeki has told Eyewitness News how after spending days trying to find her, she filed a missing person’s report at the end of April.
The Nelson Mandela Bridge and UJ Auckland Park campus are among the hot spot areas for reported attacks on women.
Thousands of community members in Naledi Soweto gathered to pray in the wake of heightened attacks on women.