Murdered & pregnant, a community in mourning, an angry country: five must-read stories on Tshegofatso Pule

12 June 2020 - 11:48 By Jessica levitt
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Tshegofatso Pule is laid to rest at the Roodepoort Cemetery in Soweto.
Tshegofatso Pule is laid to rest at the Roodepoort Cemetery in Soweto.
Image: Sebabatso Mosamo/Sunday Times

Anger, shock and calls for justice. These are some of the emotions many South Africans  have expressed after the murder of mom-to-be Tshegofatso Pule.

Pule was found hanging from a tree with stab wounds to the chest in Roodepoort, Gauteng. She was eight months pregnant with her first child, a girl.

Those close to her have described Pule as "bubbly and outgoing".

When she was buried on Thursday, community members in Meadowlands, Soweto, came out to pay tribute to the make-up artist.

Here are five-must read stories on Pule's death and calls for government action.

Details around her murder

A devastated family

Laid to rest

SA wants real action

A final goodbye

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