South Africa's Femicide Crisis: A National Shame, Not a Personal Problem The discovery of seven women's bodies around Johannesburg's international airport has sparked widespread outrage over the lack of progress in tackling femicide in South Africa.
Beneath this gruesome reality lies a disturbing truth: the government and police are responding to these murders as isolated incidents rather than acknowledging systemic violence.
For years, women have called on the South African government to take gender based violence seriously, but their pleas have been ignored.