This while the country is in the midst of 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based-Violence. Details surrounding the incident are sketchy at present, but the OFM News team has been informed on the ground that the victim was found naked, with her clothes lying next to her lifeless body. It is believed she was raped, before the assailant beat her to death with a rock lying nearby. No arrests have been made in connection with the murder. The OFM News team was at the scene of the crime next to the M10 road, passing Lemo Mall, where a crowd of people could be seen surrounding the cordoned off crime scene. Police spokesperson, Ikobeng Hlubi, is expected to comment on the matter soon. This is a developing story.

In late 2018 following outrage over the scourge of violence against women and children, President Cyril Ramaphosa held the National Summit against Gender-based Violence and femicide to find solutions to the problem. In response to the call for more to be done, a Based Violence and Femicide Steering Committee was formed. This committee put a 10-year National Strategic Plan on Gender Based Violence and Femicide together. The South African Forensic Nursing Association (Safna) told OFM News previously that forensic nurses must be placed at the centre of this plan, so that it can be strengthened.

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