The killing of women is not a series of unconnected tragedies in South Africa

Most strikingly, what we watched happen in that powder room in Sandton aligns with the findings from the HSRC's GBV Survey, showing that 30.6% of men who were interviewed agreed that they would defend their reputation with force if they had to, if, for instance, they had been insulted

Facebook X LinkedIn WhatsApp Email "I'll murder you now and walk." "I'll put a bullet in all of you."

These chilling words came from Lawrence Chamurwa Mudzinganyama, confronting three women in the women's powder room at Vlamo restaurant after his advances were rejected. The location matters. He was inside a private space specifically designated for women, a boundary that should not have to be explained or negotiated. The timing matters too. This happened during a week of intensified national attention to violence against women, as South Africans grappled with the murder of nine women in Ekurhuleni.