POLL | Is government doing right by SA women?
04 September 2019 - 07:15
By Cebelihle Bhengu
Image: Facebook/Zuki Lamani Nineteen-year-old UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana was murdered and raped.
Thousands of people have signed a petition demanding the return of the death penalty for women abusers.
This comes after the chilling revelations of how UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana was murdered at a post office, where she was last seen on Saturday, August 24.
She was allegedly raped and murdered by a 42-year old man who is an employee at the Clareinch post office where Mrwetyana had gone to collect a parcel.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been called out on social media for his lack of response to gender-based violence.
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