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Uyinene "Nene" Mrwetyana [1] (20 April 2000 – 24 August 2019) [2] [3] was a South African student at the University of Cape Town.On August 24, 2019, she was raped and murdered in the suburb of Claremont, Cape Town.
South Africa has exceptionally high rates of murder, gender-based violence, robbery and violent conflict. [104] A survey for the period 1990–2000 compiled by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ranked South Africa second for assault and murder (by all means) per capita and first for rapes per capita in a data set of 60 countries. [105]
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J. M. Coetzee's novel, Disgrace, has been accused of racism as it depicts a young white woman being raped by three black men in her house in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. [68] The book, The Writing Circle, by Rozena Maart, depicts a group of young women's experiences with rape and other forms of violence living in Cape Town, South Africa. [83]
Cape Town Prostitute Killer: 1992–1996 19 19 Western Cape: Strangled prostitutes and domestic workers around Cape Town [48] Fosaville serial killer: 1999–2003 13 13 KwaZulu-Natal: Abducted, bound and strangled women around Newlands East [49] Sleepy Hollow Killer: 1990s–2007 13 16+ Kwa-Zulu Natal (confirmed) Free State, Eastern Cape ...
The Cape Town Prostitute Killer, also known as The Cape Town Strangler, is an unidentified South African serial killer who fatally strangled 16 prostitutes and three domestic workers in Cape Town between 1992 and 1996.
The United Nations in South Africa issued a statement strongly condemning the rape and murder. [6] On 13 February, a protest, led by Annie Lennox, was staged at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town. [7] Booysen and Reeva Steenkamp, both young South African women killed in 2013, were named SA Persons of the year 2013 by the Daily Maverick. [8]
South Africa has one of the world's largest HIV epidemics. [4] A study by the SA National Aids Council (Sanac) estimated that there was a 60% infection rate, [30] although this varies from area to area, for example, Johannesburg 72%, Durban 54% and Cape Town 40%. [31] The reluctance to use condoms has contributed significantly to the epidemic.