Dylan Bush Treasury allocated R15 million until 2023 to roll out South Africa's first gender-based violence and femicide action plan. But gender-based violence and femicide cost the country between R20 billion and R40 billion each year. More than a year after the action plan was released, the council that will oversee its implementation has not yet been appointed. This is the story of two mothers mourning their children, who are now among those lost to the country's femicide epidemic. Inside Roots Butchery in the town of Acornhoek in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, a butcher in red overalls guides a slab of beef through a meat saw. The blade screeches as it cuts through bone.