Khoza was in Ndlaveleni in Wartburg, near Pietermaritzburg, where she met with the family of 31-year-old disabled woman Zanele Masikane, whose body was found in the Umzimkulu River on the KZN south coast last week.
It is alleged that her body was tied to a rock in order for it to sink in the river.
Khoza said it was clear that there was a deep hatred of women. “I can see it with this individual and other individuals, who have been killed,” she said.
Khoza added that the woman was killed in a “very gruesome way”.
“Her body was found drowned in a deep river.
“The individual who did this is on the run. He is nowhere to be found.”
Her department has dispatched social workers to counsel the family.