18/09/2026
The recent deaths of women in Ekurhuleni are a painful reminder that ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ. ๐
Behind every headline is a life, a family, a friend, a colleague and a community left to carry the weight of loss.
๐๐๐น๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐น๐ผ๐๐, ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ.
We cannot allow violence against women to become normalised. It requires all of us, as individuals, organisations and communities, to speak up, support those affected and continue building safer spaces for women.
If you or someone you know needs support, please contact the ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด or use the free ๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ: *๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ*๐ณ๐ด๐ฒ๐ณ #.
๐๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐. ๐