A woman murdered in Motherwell on Wednesday, three people gunned down in a vehicle in Kariega on Tuesday, and a mass shooting in KwaDwesi on Sunday as violent crime infiltrates every corner of the city, Nelson Mandela Bay has been named the metro murder capital of SA.
Two crime and violence researchers say the recent killings of ANC activists at party gatherings should not be seen as a reflection of tensions ahead of the Nasrec conference in December.
She said after being discharged from hospital, Thulani and his son went to check on Ngubane at her home after receiving no help. They found Ngubane’s decomposing body in the dining room of her home.
“What they found was something no child or grandchild should have to deal with. Their experience [was] a gross violation of their mother’s/grandmother’s dignity, and their own cultural norms about respect.
“Sizani Ngubane was a remarkable woman who has left a void in her brainchild, the Rural Women’s Movement.
“Having been part of the National Women’s Coalition in the early 1990s, and having worked for the Association for Rural Advancement in Pietermaritzburg in the 1990s, she was determined to do something to empower the least empowered women of the province, those living in rural areas,” said De Haas.