Letâs not forget SAâs second pandemic Share Cape Town â While addressing the nation on Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa stated the country is facing two pandemics, Covid-19 and gender-based violence. While the world is in pandemonium over the second wave of Covid-19 hitting with its new variant, others are suffering silently, crying loudly and facing insurmountable challenges within their own homes and communities. A Cape Town family is still reeling after their 12-year-old daughter was brutally taken from them in the most gruesome way possible. Michaela Williams, from Pelican Park, was an average young girl who loved her family and especially loved playing with her friends, but a man known to her would end her life in a way that would shock the community.