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Activists demand police action after 12th woman killed

“I lock myself in the house by 7pm every day,” says woman from Soweto

Activists and residents march to the Kempton Park police station on Monday to demand better policing and investigations into femicide. Photo: Jabulile Mbatha
Members of shack dweller movement Abahlali baseMjondolo, Cry of the Xcluded and the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) marched to the Kempton Park police station on Monday following the murder of a 12th woman in Ekurhuleni. They were demanding urgent action to deal with femicide.
The group gave police a memorandum and demanded a public report of the status of investigations into the murders of a number of women since July.
They also want a well-funded and well-equipped women-led gender-based violence (GBV) task team and a 24-hour victim support room at Kempton Park police station…

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