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President announces measures amid anger at authorities over recent murders of womenSouth Africa’s president has called on men to take more responsibility for violence against women as he announced measures to tackle the problem, amid anger at authoriti…

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September 23, 2026 Rachel Savage in Johannesburg

Top South African police officer charged with raping woman, 18, and grooming 16-year-old girl

Arrest of Shadrack Sibiya comes as country reels from cases of femicide and alleged police corruption and criminalityOne of South Africa’s most senior police officers has been charged with raping an 18-year-old woman and grooming a 16-year-old girl, as…

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September 16, 2026 Rachel Savage in Johannesburg

‘We are prey’: discovery of seven women’s bodies fuels anger over femicide in South Africa

String of female murder victims found near Johannesburg’s international airport, including five in the past weekThe discovery of the bodies of eight women around Johannesburg’s international airport, including five in the past week, has prompted an out…

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September 4, 2026 Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Woman, 45, killed in Florence in seventh alleged femicide in Italy since mid-August

Lorena Isceri was thrown off a motorway bridge, allegedly by ex-boyfriend Federico VellaA 45-year-old woman abducted and thrown off a motorway bridge near Florence has become the seventh alleged femicide in Italy since mid-August.Lorena Isceri was abdu…

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August 17, 2026 Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent

More women will die if domestic abusers leave prison early, victim’s parents warn

Parents of Michaela Hall, whose partner killed her after he left prison in 2021, say Probation Service cannot cope with mass releaseMore women will die if ministers include domestic abusers in the early prison release scheme, the parents of a woman mur…