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| Tshegofatso Pule killing: South African police make arrest | Tshegofatso Pule killing: South African police make arrest |
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| South African police have arrested a 31-year-old man for the murder of a woman whose stabbed body was found hanging from a tree last week, triggering a national outcry. | South African police have arrested a 31-year-old man for the murder of a woman whose stabbed body was found hanging from a tree last week, triggering a national outcry. |
| Twenty-eight-year-old Tshegofatso Pule was eight months pregnant. | Twenty-eight-year-old Tshegofatso Pule was eight months pregnant. |
| The man is due to appear in court later on Wednesday. | The man is due to appear in court later on Wednesday. |
| After her death, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the culture of silence around gender-based violence had to end. | After her death, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the culture of silence around gender-based violence had to end. |
| Ms Pule went missing on 4 June and four days later a member of the public found her body in the Johannesburg suburb of Roodepoort. | Ms Pule went missing on 4 June and four days later a member of the public found her body in the Johannesburg suburb of Roodepoort. |
| She was hanging from a tree and had been stabbed through the chest. | She was hanging from a tree and had been stabbed through the chest. |
| There was a wave of outrage in South Africa after her death and the hashtag #JusticeForTshego trended on Twitter. | There was a wave of outrage in South Africa after her death and the hashtag #JusticeForTshego trended on Twitter. |
| South Africa's gender crime crisis | South Africa's gender crime crisis |
| On Saturday President Ramaphosa released a statement denouncing gender-based violence. | On Saturday President Ramaphosa released a statement denouncing gender-based violence. |
| He said it had become more dangerous for women during South Africa's lockdown. | |
| "We note with disgust that at a time when the country is facing the gravest of threats from the [coronavirus] pandemic, violent men are taking advantage of the eased restrictions on movement to attack women and children," he said | |
| Calls for justice | |
| Mr Ramaphosa condemned the brutality of recent killings, mentioning Ms Pule and two other victims: | |
| As many as 51% of women in South Africa had experienced violence at the hands of someone they were in a relationship with, the president's statement said. | As many as 51% of women in South Africa had experienced violence at the hands of someone they were in a relationship with, the president's statement said. |
| He urged people to report crimes. | |
| "Gender-based violence thrives in a climate of silence. With our silence, by looking the other way because we believe it is a personal or family matter, we become complicit in this most insidious of crimes," President Ramaphosa said. | "Gender-based violence thrives in a climate of silence. With our silence, by looking the other way because we believe it is a personal or family matter, we become complicit in this most insidious of crimes," President Ramaphosa said. |
| Following an outcry over a spate of femicides last year, President Ramaphosa said South Africa was one of "the most unsafe places in the world to be a woman". | Following an outcry over a spate of femicides last year, President Ramaphosa said South Africa was one of "the most unsafe places in the world to be a woman". |