Fear and anger in South Africa as bodies of nine women found: What we know

Police examining ‘all possibilities’ as women in Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, fear murders could be linked.

x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info South African police and state pathologists inspect the body of a woman left on the side of a road in Boksburg in Ekurhuleni municipality, September 17 [Kim Ludbrook/EPA] By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 19 Sep 2026 19 Sep 2026 The bodies of nine women have been found in South Africa’s Ekurhuleni municipality over the past two months, prompting police to investigate potential connections between the crimes.

The apparent murders, which bear similarities, have shaken the country, long plagued by high rates of crime and femicide and sparked fears that one or more offenders could strike again.