Social Development Minister Dina Pule has visited the family of 38-year-old runner Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo, who was murdered in Ekurhuleni last weekend.
Moselakgomo is one of eight women whose bodies have been discovered in the area between July and September. She had gone for a run and was reported missing by her eight-year-old daughter.
“The death of any woman under such tragic circumstances is deeply distressing. Our hearts go out especially to Elizabeth’s young daughter, who has suffered an unimaginable loss,” Pule said.
The Department of Social Development has offered the family psychosocial support, trauma counselling and other social services.
Pule also condemned violence against women and children, saying: “Women must be able to exercise, travel, work and participate in community life without fearing for their safety.”
Meanwhile, Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia said a high-level multidisciplinary team was investigating the deaths.
“The team is in place, and I can give you the assurance… that the South African Police Service has the experience, the high-level expertise, to investigate cases of this kind,” Cachalia said.
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