In the townships east of Johannesburg, nine bodies discovered over recent weeks have forced South Africa into another reckoning with a violence it has long struggled to contain. Two women now face charges of premeditated murder in the death of Jabulile Ntimba, whose body was found wrapped in a sheet in Dawn Park — a case that may carry its own particular circumstances, even as investigators work to determine whether a single hand is responsible for all nine deaths. The discoveries arrive against a backdrop of staggering national statistics: six women murdered every day, on average, across a co
Two charged in South Africa murder as police probe nine deaths in Johannesburg area
Nine people murdered in recent weeks in an area east of Johannesburg; victims found partially clothed with injuries, sparking national concern about gender-based violence.