In South Africa there is dismay combined with indignation after the killing of the 28-year-old Tshegofatso Pule, stabbed and hung on a tree near Johannesburg. She was eight months pregnant, according to local media reports citing the police. Disappeared last week, her body was found yesterday. The hashtag #JusticeForTshego has become popular on Twitter in South Africa and police spokesman Capt Kay Makhubele says a murder investigation has been opened.
Citizens urge law enforcement agencies to find the culprit via social media, but they also wonder if the system will truly guarantee justice. There are high levels of violence against women in South Africa and last year President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the country is "one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman". Crime statistics released last year showed that 2,930 women were killed in the 12-month period from 2017 to 2018, which means one murder every three hours.
