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Picketers outside City Hall demand safety for women and children

Women and civil society groups call for government to act against femicide

Selloane Jeminah Madonna joined a silent protest outside Cape Town City Hall and the police station on 16 September. Photos: Liezl Human

About 100 people protested outside Cape Town City Hall and the police station on 16 September in response to the murders of eight women in Kempton Park since July as well as the murder of a ten-year-old girl from Kraaifontein on Monday.
Protesters criticised the SAPS which had called on women to exercise caution following the discovery of several bodies in Kempton Park.
In November 2025, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster after a mass campaign and a petition by Women for Change.

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