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‘Our bodies are crime scenes’: South Africa’s murdered women | Women Johannesburg, South Africa – As the winter sun dipped below the horizon on a cold Wednesday evening last June, hundreds of women, men and children gathered sombrely on the streets of Meadowlands in Soweto. Dressed in black, and clutching pink balloons and flickering candles, the crowd – some hand-in-hand, many with tears in their eyes – made their way to the home of Tshegofatso Pule, the words of an old anti-apartheid struggle song echoing in the air around them. “Senzeni na, senzeni na (what have we done?),”...

The matter has been set down for trial in the high court on October 4. Pule was eight months pregnant when she was found murdered, hanging from a tree, in June last year. The prosecution has led evidence that her unborn child was Shoba's. It was unclear on Friday when the fresh bail application would be launched. “We are doing OK, but you never know what to expect with Mr Shoba. Whatever he wants to do, we hope he does it before the 4th of October, that’s all,” Pule’s uncle Tumisang Katake said outside of proceedings. Shoba's second bail application was denied by the Roodepoort magist...

Ntuthuko Shoba to remain in custody after second bail bid fails Ntuthuko Ntokozo Shoba has lost his second bail application before the Roodepoort magistrate's court. File image Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times A second bid to be released on bail by Ntuthuko Shoba has failed in the Roodepoort magistrate’s court. Magistrate Delize Smith said on Friday it was not in the interest of justice to release him. The packed gallery rejoiced when the decision was announced. The court heard that most of the evidence revealed in his second bail application was not entirely �...