{"generated_at":"2026-10-09T16:03:54+00:00","start_date":"2026-07-01","register":[{"n":1,"slug":"busisiwe-mahlangu","has_photo":false,"photo_url":null,"date_found":"2026-07-15","date_status":"confirmed","victim_name":"Busisiwe Mahlangu","age":"37","suburb":"Rhodesfield","location":"Kempton Park","disputed":["suburb"],"lat":-26.129,"lon":28.227,"sources":14,"verified":true,"verification":"official","in_official_tally":true,"official_n":1,"disputes":{"suburb":[{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-15-runners-honour-women-killed-as-ekurhuleni-probe-widens\/","outlet":"mg.co.za","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-14-we-are-scared-as-women-say-kempton-park-residents-after-fifth-body-is-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":2,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":2,"value":"Rhodesfield","shown":true},{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/tracking-the-kempton-park-killings-or-where-the-9-bodies-have-been-found-their-names-and-faces\/","outlet":"iol.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":1,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":1,"value":"Pomona","shown":false}]},"condition":"naked and had been restrained with cable ties","identification":"identified","last_seen":null,"quotes":{"condition":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/saps-investigates-four-womens-bodies-found-in-kempton-park\/","quote":"The first victim, a 37-year-old woman, was found near the R21 on 15 July. Police said she was naked and had been restrained with cable ties.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"date_found":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/saps-investigates-four-womens-bodies-found-in-kempton-park\/","quote":"The first victim, a 37-year-old woman, was found near the R21 on 15 July. Police said she was naked and had been restrained with cable ties.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"victim_name":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","quote":"1. Busisiwe Mahlangu found in Kempton Park on 15 July 2026","outlet":"gov.za"},"location_text":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","quote":"1. Busisiwe Mahlangu found in Kempton Park on 15 July 2026","outlet":"gov.za"},"identification_status":{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-14-we-are-scared-as-women-say-kempton-park-residents-after-fifth-body-is-found\/","quote":"The body of the first victim, a 37-year-old woman, was found near the R21 in Rhodesfield on 15 July. Like the other victims, she was naked, but also bound with cable ties.","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"}},"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/capetimes.co.za\/news\/2026-09-16-r400-000-reward-offered-as-police-launch-specialised-investigation-into-eight-ekurhuleni-deaths\/","outlet":"capetimes.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/insidemetros.co.za\/2026\/09\/14\/fifth-body-found-in-kempton-park-as-serial-killer-fears-grip-community\/","outlet":"insidemetros.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/tracking-the-kempton-park-killings-or-where-the-9-bodies-have-been-found-their-names-and-faces\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/updated-map-where-the-6th-and-7th-bodies-were-found-in-kempton-park-killings-saga\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/2026-09-15-fear-on-the-tracks-kempton-park-killings-cast-long-shadow-over-women-runners-nationwide\/","outlet":"mg.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-15-runners-honour-women-killed-as-ekurhuleni-probe-widens\/","outlet":"mg.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/13\/saps-mobilises-task-team-to-probe-four-kempton-park-deaths\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/network-news\/lnn\/article\/6th-womans-body-found-in-kwathema-amid-kempton-park-killings\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/saps-investigates-four-womens-bodies-found-in-kempton-park\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-13-too-early-to-confirm-link-between-four-women-found-dead-in-kempton-park\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-14-we-are-scared-as-women-say-kempton-park-residents-after-fifth-body-is-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-16-ekurhuleni-under-lockdown-police-launch-manhunt-in-kempton-park-after-eighth-murder-victim-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-21-two-in-court-for-ekurhuleni-murder-but-police-yet-to-connect-wave-of-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-27-the-war-on-women-ekurhuleni-murders-highlight-sas-femicide-crisis\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-28-after-another-woman-murdered-in-ekurhuleni-heres-what-we-know-about-the-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","outlet":"gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.joburgetc.com\/news\/south-africa-notorious-serial-killers\/","outlet":"joburgetc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/east-rand-killings-police-confirm-ninth-womans-body-found-in-dawn-park-20260917-0404","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/p1-east-rand-murders-11th-body-found-in-open-veld-in-springs-20260927-0753","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/tenth-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-deepening-grisly-discovery-trail-20260926-0544","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.politicsweb.co.za\/news\/on-the-ekurhuleni-killings-and-the-response-to-femicide-cyril-ramaphosa","outlet":"politicsweb.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.soapoperaspy.com\/2026\/10-women-found-dead-in-ekurhuleni-is-there-a-serial-killer\/","outlet":"soapoperaspy.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.soapoperaspy.com\/2026\/south-africa-11th-woman-found-dead-in-ekurhuleni-as-serial-killer-fears-grow\/","outlet":"soapoperaspy.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-killings-what-we-know-about-9-women-found-dead\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-10th-woman-may-have-been-stoned-police-say\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-tembisa-cemetery-suspect-arrested-in-limpopo\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-what-we-know-about-all-10-women\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/just-in-ramaphosa-unveils-four-point-gbv-plan-after-11-ekurhuleni-killings\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/kempton-park-serial-killer-profiler-weighs-in-on-ekurhuleni-killings\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-16-eight-women-two-months-what-we-know-about-the-ekurhuleni-murders\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"}]},{"n":2,"slug":"itumeleng-kekana","has_photo":true,"photo_url":"https:\/\/fls-a2e40aa1-f8c5-4f65-b8b1-bab6f8d7b358.laravel.cloud\/victims\/e1e9f39f-0b57-4262-ba73-192b70c531ad\/ea3eeaapjtu9olcjs2vjin2ogwghxi0w\/320.webp","date_found":"2026-08-03","date_status":"confirmed","victim_name":"Itumeleng Kekana","age":"32","suburb":"Pomona","location":"Kempton Park","disputed":["date_found"],"lat":-26.095,"lon":28.265,"sources":14,"verified":true,"verification":"official","in_official_tally":true,"official_n":2,"disputes":{"date_found":[{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","outlet":"gov.za","tier":1},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/east-rand-killings-police-confirm-ninth-womans-body-found-in-dawn-park-20260917-0404","outlet":"news24.com","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-16-eight-women-two-months-what-we-know-about-the-ekurhuleni-murders\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":7,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":7,"value":"2026-08-03","shown":true},{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-16-eight-women-two-months-what-we-know-about-the-ekurhuleni-murders\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/capetimes.co.za\/news\/2026-09-16-r400-000-reward-offered-as-police-launch-specialised-investigation-into-eight-ekurhuleni-deaths\/","outlet":"capetimes.co.za","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-16-ekurhuleni-under-lockdown-police-launch-manhunt-in-kempton-park-after-eighth-murder-victim-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":8,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":8,"value":"2026-08-24","shown":false}]},"condition":"partially clothed","identification":"identified","last_seen":"2026-07-17","quotes":{"condition":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/saps-investigates-four-womens-bodies-found-in-kempton-park\/","quote":"The second victim, a 32-year-old woman, was found near the R21 on 24 August. She was partially clothed.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"date_found":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/08\/03\/body-of-missing-itumeleng-kekana-found-near-pomona-informal-settlement\/","quote":"Kempton Park SAPS have registered a case of murder after the body of a 32-year-old woman was discovered near Great North Road, close to Max Informal Settlement in Pomona, on August 3.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"victim_name":{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-16-ekurhuleni-under-lockdown-police-launch-manhunt-in-kempton-park-after-eighth-murder-victim-found\/","quote":"Itumeleng Kekana (32) was reported missing to the Kempton Park SAPS on 17 July. Her remains were discovered with multiple stab wounds and in a state of decomposition near Great North Road in Pomona, Kempton Park.","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},"location_text":{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-16-ekurhuleni-under-lockdown-police-launch-manhunt-in-kempton-park-after-eighth-murder-victim-found\/","quote":"Police subsequently clarified that the cases included a woman found in Kempton Park on 3 August and a separate woman found in Olifantsfontein on 7 September.","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},"identification_status":{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-16-eight-women-two-months-what-we-know-about-the-ekurhuleni-murders\/","quote":"Kekana, 32, was reported missing in Kempton Park on July 17.\nHer body was found on August 3 near Great North Road in Pomona, close to the Max informal settlement. Reports said she had suffered multiple stab wounds.\nHer family later identified her, making her the second publicly identified woman among the eight cases.","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"}},"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/capetimes.co.za\/news\/2026-09-16-r400-000-reward-offered-as-police-launch-specialised-investigation-into-eight-ekurhuleni-deaths\/","outlet":"capetimes.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/insidemetros.co.za\/2026\/09\/14\/fifth-body-found-in-kempton-park-as-serial-killer-fears-grip-community\/","outlet":"insidemetros.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/tracking-the-kempton-park-killings-or-where-the-9-bodies-have-been-found-their-names-and-faces\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/updated-map-where-the-6th-and-7th-bodies-were-found-in-kempton-park-killings-saga\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-15-runners-honour-women-killed-as-ekurhuleni-probe-widens\/","outlet":"mg.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/criminologists-kempton-park-killer-targets-women-through-fake-ride-share-trap\/","outlet":"novanews.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/26\/tenth-body-found-in-thembisa-cemetery-ekurhuleni\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/9\/19\/fear-and-anger-in-south-africa-as-bodies-of-nine-women-found-what-we-know","outlet":"aljazeera.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/08\/03\/body-of-missing-itumeleng-kekana-found-near-pomona-informal-settlement\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/13\/saps-mobilises-task-team-to-probe-four-kempton-park-deaths\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/network-news\/lnn\/article\/6th-womans-body-found-in-kwathema-amid-kempton-park-killings\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/saps-investigates-four-womens-bodies-found-in-kempton-park\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-13-too-early-to-confirm-link-between-four-women-found-dead-in-kempton-park\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-16-ekurhuleni-under-lockdown-police-launch-manhunt-in-kempton-park-after-eighth-murder-victim-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","outlet":"gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/east-rand-killings-police-confirm-ninth-womans-body-found-in-dawn-park-20260917-0404","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/p1-east-rand-murders-11th-body-found-in-open-veld-in-springs-20260927-0753","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/tenth-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-deepening-grisly-discovery-trail-20260926-0544","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/news\/ninth-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-concourt-strikes-down-tender-law-todays-top-7-stories-20260917-0965","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.politicsweb.co.za\/news\/on-the-ekurhuleni-killings-and-the-response-to-femicide-cyril-ramaphosa","outlet":"politicsweb.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-killings-what-we-know-about-9-women-found-dead\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-kempton-park-police-flag-phone-problem\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-tembisa-cemetery-suspect-arrested-in-limpopo\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-what-we-know-about-all-10-women\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-16-eight-women-two-months-what-we-know-about-the-ekurhuleni-murders\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"}]},{"n":3,"slug":"nomfesane-mjobo","has_photo":false,"photo_url":null,"date_found":"2026-08-26","date_status":"confirmed","victim_name":"Nomfesane Mjobo","age":"42","suburb":"Kempton Park","location":"Kempton Park","disputed":[],"lat":-26.1,"lon":28.23,"sources":5,"verified":true,"verification":"official","in_official_tally":true,"official_n":3,"condition":null,"identification":"identified","last_seen":null,"quotes":{"date_found":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","quote":"3. Nomfesane Mjobo found in Kempton Park \u2060on 26 August 2026","outlet":"gov.za"},"victim_name":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","quote":"3. Nomfesane Mjobo found in Kempton Park \u2060on 26 August 2026","outlet":"gov.za"},"location_text":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","quote":"3. Nomfesane Mjobo found in Kempton Park \u2060on 26 August 2026","outlet":"gov.za"},"identification_status":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","quote":"3. Nomfesane Mjobo found in Kempton Park \u2060on 26 August 2026","outlet":"gov.za"}},"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","outlet":"gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/p1-east-rand-murders-11th-body-found-in-open-veld-in-springs-20260927-0753","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/tenth-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-deepening-grisly-discovery-trail-20260926-0544","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.politicsweb.co.za\/news\/on-the-ekurhuleni-killings-and-the-response-to-femicide-cyril-ramaphosa","outlet":"politicsweb.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/third-ekurhuleni-murder-victim-is-to-be-buried-in-eastern-cape\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-tembisa-cemetery-suspect-arrested-in-limpopo\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-what-we-know-about-all-10-women\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"}]},{"n":4,"slug":"victim-2026-09-07-clayville","has_photo":false,"photo_url":null,"date_found":"2026-09-07","date_status":"confirmed","victim_name":null,"age":null,"suburb":"Clayville","location":"floating at Clayville river in Olifantsfontain","disputed":["suburb"],"lat":-25.97,"lon":28.21,"sources":14,"verified":true,"verification":"official","in_official_tally":true,"official_n":4,"disputes":{"suburb":[{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","outlet":"gov.za","tier":1},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/p1-east-rand-murders-11th-body-found-in-open-veld-in-springs-20260927-0753","outlet":"news24.com","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/2026-09-26-another-womans-body-found-in-thembisa-as-the-ekurhuleni-killings-probe-continues\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":12,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":12,"value":"Clayville","shown":true},{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/tracking-the-kempton-park-killings-or-where-the-9-bodies-have-been-found-their-names-and-faces\/","outlet":"iol.co.za","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.joburgetc.com\/news\/south-africa-notorious-serial-killers\/","outlet":"joburgetc.com","tier":3}],"sources_total":2,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":2,"value":"Tembisa","shown":false}]},"condition":"found floating at Clayville river","identification":"unidentified","last_seen":null,"quotes":{"condition":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","quote":"4. \u2060Unknown found floating at Clayville river in Olifantsfontain on the 7 September 2026","outlet":"gov.za"},"date_found":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/seventh-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-as-police-confirm-link-to-serial-murder-probe\/","quote":"Acting provincial police commissioner Major General Fred Kekana said a woman\u2019s body found in a river in Olifantsfontein, near Tembisa Mall, on 7 September had now been added to the investigation.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"location_text":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","quote":"4. \u2060Unknown found floating at Clayville river in Olifantsfontain on the 7 September 2026","outlet":"gov.za"},"identification_status":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/seventh-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-as-police-confirm-link-to-serial-murder-probe\/","quote":"Acting provincial police commissioner Major General Fred Kekana said a woman\u2019s body found in a river in Olifantsfontein, near Tembisa Mall, on 7 September had now been added to the investigation.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"}},"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/capetimes.co.za\/news\/2026-09-16-r400-000-reward-offered-as-police-launch-specialised-investigation-into-eight-ekurhuleni-deaths\/","outlet":"capetimes.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/tracking-the-kempton-park-killings-or-where-the-9-bodies-have-been-found-their-names-and-faces\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/updated-map-where-the-6th-and-7th-bodies-were-found-in-kempton-park-killings-saga\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/2026-09-15-fear-on-the-tracks-kempton-park-killings-cast-long-shadow-over-women-runners-nationwide\/","outlet":"mg.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-15-runners-honour-women-killed-as-ekurhuleni-probe-widens\/","outlet":"mg.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/crgqde1nex2vo?amp;at_campaign=rss","outlet":"bbc.co.uk"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.capetownetc.com\/news\/eighth-woman-found-dead-as-ekurhuleni-murder-investigation-widens\/","outlet":"capetownetc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/in-case-you-missed-it-15-september-2026\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/seventh-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-as-police-confirm-link-to-serial-murder-probe\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-15-stand-up-for-womens-rights-ramaphosa-urges-as-another-body-is-found-in-ekurhuleni\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-16-ekurhuleni-under-lockdown-police-launch-manhunt-in-kempton-park-after-eighth-murder-victim-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-21-two-in-court-for-ekurhuleni-murder-but-police-yet-to-connect-wave-of-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/opinion-videos\/ekurhuleni-murders-activist-says-women-need-more-statements-and-campaigns","outlet":"enca.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","outlet":"gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.joburgetc.com\/news\/eight-women-ekurhuleni-task-team-investigation\/","outlet":"joburgetc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.joburgetc.com\/news\/south-africa-notorious-serial-killers\/","outlet":"joburgetc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/p1-east-rand-murders-11th-body-found-in-open-veld-in-springs-20260927-0753","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/tenth-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-deepening-grisly-discovery-trail-20260926-0544","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/sep\/16\/discovery-women-bodies-anger-femicide-south-africa","outlet":"theguardian.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-killings-what-we-know-about-9-women-found-dead\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-tembisa-cemetery-suspect-arrested-in-limpopo\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-what-we-know-about-all-10-women\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/2026-09-26-another-womans-body-found-in-thembisa-as-the-ekurhuleni-killings-probe-continues\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-16-eight-women-two-months-what-we-know-about-the-ekurhuleni-murders\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"}]},{"n":5,"slug":"gracious-nkomo","has_photo":true,"photo_url":"https:\/\/fls-a2e40aa1-f8c5-4f65-b8b1-bab6f8d7b358.laravel.cloud\/victims\/f30ad1a0-5493-44a6-a1a5-1b9979d1d752\/a7pxktnmit8y94byy67tfvorlwfkr6yc\/320.webp","date_found":"2026-09-10","date_status":"confirmed","victim_name":"Gracious Nkomo","age":"28","suburb":"Rhodesfield","location":"a spruit in Kempton Park, near Voortrekker Road, at the R21 highway crossing","disputed":["date_found","victim_age","victim_nationality"],"lat":-26.129,"lon":28.227,"sources":16,"verified":true,"verification":"official","in_official_tally":true,"official_n":5,"disputes":{"date_found":[{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","outlet":"gov.za","tier":1},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/tenth-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-deepening-grisly-discovery-trail-20260926-0544","outlet":"news24.com","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-16-eight-women-two-months-what-we-know-about-the-ekurhuleni-murders\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":10,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":10,"value":"2026-09-10","shown":true},{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/south-africa\/lieutenant-general-dimpane-expresses-condolences-motapane-family","outlet":"sanews.gov.za","tier":1},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/2026-09-26-another-womans-body-found-in-thembisa-as-the-ekurhuleni-killings-probe-continues\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/tracking-the-kempton-park-killings-or-where-the-9-bodies-have-been-found-their-names-and-faces\/","outlet":"iol.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":10,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":10,"value":"2026-09-17","shown":false}],"victim_age":[{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/tracking-the-kempton-park-killings-or-where-the-9-bodies-have-been-found-their-names-and-faces\/","outlet":"iol.co.za","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-17-fourth-ekurhuleni-murder-victim-identified-ninth-womans-body-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/17\/kempton-park-murder-victim-identified-as-gracious-nkomo\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":5,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":5,"value":"28","shown":true},{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-17-fourth-ekurhuleni-murder-victim-identified-ninth-womans-body-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/east-rand-killings-police-confirm-ninth-womans-body-found-in-dawn-park-20260917-0404","outlet":"news24.com","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/11\/body-of-unidentified-woman-recovered-from-kempton-park-spruit\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":4,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":4,"value":"30","shown":false}],"victim_nationality":[{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/tracking-the-kempton-park-killings-or-where-the-9-bodies-have-been-found-their-names-and-faces\/","outlet":"iol.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":1,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":1,"value":"Zimbabwe-born","shown":true},{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-28-after-another-woman-murdered-in-ekurhuleni-heres-what-we-know-about-the-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":1,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":1,"value":"foreign national (only foreign national publicly identified; nationality not specified)","shown":false}]},"condition":"naked and in an advanced state of decomposition","identification":"identified","last_seen":"had been missing for several weeks","quotes":{"condition":{"url":"https:\/\/capetimes.co.za\/news\/2026-09-16-r400-000-reward-offered-as-police-launch-specialised-investigation-into-eight-ekurhuleni-deaths\/","quote":"The body of an unidentified woman was found in Kempton Park at about 10.20am on September 10.\nHer body was naked and in an advanced state of decomposition.\nHer identity has not yet been formally established. Police are relying on forensic processes to identify her.","outlet":"capetimes.co.za"},"date_found":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/11\/body-of-unidentified-woman-recovered-from-kempton-park-spruit\/","quote":"The body of an unidentified woman was recovered from a spruit in Kempton Park on Thursday morning, September 10.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"victim_name":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/17\/kempton-park-murder-victim-identified-as-gracious-nkomo\/","quote":"The family of 28-year-old Gracious Nkomo has positively identified her body, bringing an end to days of uncertainty following her death along the R21 in Kempton Park.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"location_text":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/11\/body-of-unidentified-woman-recovered-from-kempton-park-spruit\/","quote":"The body of an unidentified woman was recovered from a spruit in Kempton Park on Thursday morning, September 10.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"identification_status":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/17\/kempton-park-murder-victim-identified-as-gracious-nkomo\/","quote":"The family of 28-year-old Gracious Nkomo has positively identified her body, bringing an end to days of uncertainty following her death along the R21 in Kempton Park.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"}},"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/capetimes.co.za\/news\/2026-09-16-r400-000-reward-offered-as-police-launch-specialised-investigation-into-eight-ekurhuleni-deaths\/","outlet":"capetimes.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/insidemetros.co.za\/2026\/09\/14\/fifth-body-found-in-kempton-park-as-serial-killer-fears-grip-community\/","outlet":"insidemetros.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/tracking-the-kempton-park-killings-or-where-the-9-bodies-have-been-found-their-names-and-faces\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/updated-map-where-the-6th-and-7th-bodies-were-found-in-kempton-park-killings-saga\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-15-runners-honour-women-killed-as-ekurhuleni-probe-widens\/","outlet":"mg.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/26\/tenth-body-found-in-thembisa-cemetery-ekurhuleni\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/9\/17\/ninth-womans-body-found-as-south-africa-probes-series-of-killings","outlet":"aljazeera.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/9\/19\/fear-and-anger-in-south-africa-as-bodies-of-nine-women-found-what-we-know","outlet":"aljazeera.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.capetownetc.com\/news\/eighth-woman-found-dead-as-ekurhuleni-murder-investigation-widens\/","outlet":"capetownetc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/11\/body-of-unidentified-woman-recovered-from-kempton-park-spruit\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/13\/saps-mobilises-task-team-to-probe-four-kempton-park-deaths\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/17\/kempton-park-murder-victim-identified-as-gracious-nkomo\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/network-news\/lnn\/article\/6th-womans-body-found-in-kwathema-amid-kempton-park-killings\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/ekurhuleni-killings-gracious-nkomo-identified-fourth-victim-murder-spree\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-these-are-the-names-of-women-brutally-murdered\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/saps-investigates-four-womens-bodies-found-in-kempton-park\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/theyve-declared-war-on-the-state-lesufi-says-after-body-found\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-13-too-early-to-confirm-link-between-four-women-found-dead-in-kempton-park\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-14-we-are-scared-as-women-say-kempton-park-residents-after-fifth-body-is-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-16-ekurhuleni-under-lockdown-police-launch-manhunt-in-kempton-park-after-eighth-murder-victim-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-17-fourth-ekurhuleni-murder-victim-identified-ninth-womans-body-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-28-after-another-woman-murdered-in-ekurhuleni-heres-what-we-know-about-the-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/gauteng-community-safety-confirms-ninth-body-found-dawnpark-17-sep-2026","outlet":"gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","outlet":"gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/news\/news\/war-has-been-declared-lesufi-says\/","outlet":"jacarandafm.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/east-rand-killings-police-confirm-ninth-womans-body-found-in-dawn-park-20260917-0404","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/p1-east-rand-murders-11th-body-found-in-open-veld-in-springs-20260927-0753","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/tenth-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-deepening-grisly-discovery-trail-20260926-0544","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/news\/ninth-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-concourt-strikes-down-tender-law-todays-top-7-stories-20260917-0965","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.politicsweb.co.za\/news\/on-the-ekurhuleni-killings-and-the-response-to-femicide-cyril-ramaphosa","outlet":"politicsweb.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/south-africa\/lieutenant-general-dimpane-expresses-condolences-motapane-family","outlet":"sanews.gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-killings-what-we-know-about-9-women-found-dead\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-kempton-park-police-flag-phone-problem\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-tembisa-cemetery-suspect-arrested-in-limpopo\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-what-we-know-about-all-10-women\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/kempton-park-serial-killer-profiler-weighs-in-on-ekurhuleni-killings\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/2026-09-26-another-womans-body-found-in-thembisa-as-the-ekurhuleni-killings-probe-continues\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-16-eight-women-two-months-what-we-know-about-the-ekurhuleni-murders\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"}]},{"n":6,"slug":"elizabeth-tsontso-moselakgomo","has_photo":true,"photo_url":"https:\/\/fls-a2e40aa1-f8c5-4f65-b8b1-bab6f8d7b358.laravel.cloud\/victims\/734ece9e-0368-4250-978c-6e45fa1e160d\/vinkvac0byztzdsotcyvyxyoqaaioesm\/320.webp","date_found":"2026-09-12","date_status":"confirmed","victim_name":"Elizabeth \u201cTsontso\u201d Moselakgomo","age":"38","suburb":"Rhodesfield","location":"Kempton Park","disputed":["date_found","victim_age"],"lat":-26.129,"lon":28.227,"sources":24,"verified":true,"verification":"official","in_official_tally":true,"official_n":6,"disputes":{"date_found":[{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/police-intensify-investigations-four-bodies-are-found-kempton-park-14-sep","outlet":"gov.za","tier":1},{"url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/sep\/16\/discovery-women-bodies-anger-femicide-south-africa","outlet":"theguardian.com","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/capetimes.co.za\/news\/2026-09-16-r400-000-reward-offered-as-police-launch-specialised-investigation-into-eight-ekurhuleni-deaths\/","outlet":"capetimes.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":17,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":17,"value":"2026-09-12","shown":true},{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/fourth-body-discovered-in-kempton-park-identified-as-missing-runner\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/news-top-stories\/missing-runners-body-identified-fear-grips-kempton-park","outlet":"enca.com","tier":2}],"sources_total":2,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":2,"value":"2026-09-13","shown":false}],"victim_age":[{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-27-the-war-on-women-ekurhuleni-murders-highlight-sas-femicide-crisis\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/news\/news\/where-the-bodies-of-women-found-in-ekurhuleni\/","outlet":"jacarandafm.com","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/sep\/16\/discovery-women-bodies-anger-femicide-south-africa","outlet":"theguardian.com","tier":2}],"sources_total":19,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":19,"value":"38","shown":true},{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/9\/17\/ninth-womans-body-found-as-south-africa-probes-series-of-killings","outlet":"aljazeera.com","tier":3}],"sources_total":1,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":1,"value":"20","shown":false}]},"condition":"found partially naked and bruised","identification":"identified","last_seen":"2026-09-09","quotes":{"condition":{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-16-ekurhuleni-under-lockdown-police-launch-manhunt-in-kempton-park-after-eighth-murder-victim-found\/","quote":"Her remains were found partially naked and bruised on York Street, Rhodesfield, adjacent to the R21 highway, near the Southern Sun OR Tambo on 12 September. Her family positively identified her on 14 September.","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},"date_found":{"url":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-police-form-task-team-after-four-women-found-dead-in-kempton-park\/","quote":"The latest body was discovered on Saturday evening, September 12, intensifying concern about the deaths in and around Rhodesfield, east of Johannesburg.","outlet":"channelafrica.co.za"},"victim_name":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/network-news\/lnn\/article\/6th-womans-body-found-in-kwathema-amid-kempton-park-killings\/","quote":"Runner Elizabeth 'Tsontso' Moselakgomo was found on Saturday (September 12), after she failed to return home from a run after work. Her eight-year-old daughter raised the alarm when her mother did not come home.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"location_text":{"url":"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/9\/19\/fear-and-anger-in-south-africa-as-bodies-of-nine-women-found-what-we-know","quote":"Last week, 38-year-old Elizabeth Moselakgomo was also found dead in Kempton Park. Local media reported that her young daughter alerted the police when she failed to return from a run.","outlet":"aljazeera.com"},"identification_status":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/just-in-body-of-missing-runner-elizabeth-tsontso-moselakgomo-identified\/","quote":"The body of 38-year-old Elizabeth \u201cTsontso\u201d Moselakgomo was positively identified on Monday at the Germiston mortuary by her family, ending days of anxious searching after she went missing.\nMoselakgomo went missing after an afternoon run on 9 September in Rhodesfield, Kempton Park.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"}},"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202609150023.html","outlet":"allafrica.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/briefly.co.za\/entertainment\/celebrities\/254426-rachel-kolisi-reacts-11th-womans-body-ekurhuleni-femicide-stats\/","outlet":"briefly.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/capetimes.co.za\/news\/2026-09-16-r400-000-reward-offered-as-police-launch-specialised-investigation-into-eight-ekurhuleni-deaths\/","outlet":"capetimes.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/insidemetros.co.za\/2026\/09\/14\/fifth-body-found-in-kempton-park-as-serial-killer-fears-grip-community\/","outlet":"insidemetros.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2026-09-13-extreme-caution-police-warn-women-after-four-bodies-found-in-kempton-park\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/tracking-the-kempton-park-killings-or-where-the-9-bodies-have-been-found-their-names-and-faces\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/updated-map-where-the-6th-and-7th-bodies-were-found-in-kempton-park-killings-saga\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/2026-09-15-fear-on-the-tracks-kempton-park-killings-cast-long-shadow-over-women-runners-nationwide\/","outlet":"mg.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-15-runners-honour-women-killed-as-ekurhuleni-probe-widens\/","outlet":"mg.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/14\/fifth-womans-body-found-near-kempton-park\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/15\/serial-killer-fears-grip-gauteng-as-profiler-urges-specialist-probe\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/26\/tenth-body-found-in-thembisa-cemetery-ekurhuleni\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/9\/17\/ninth-womans-body-found-as-south-africa-probes-series-of-killings","outlet":"aljazeera.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/9\/19\/fear-and-anger-in-south-africa-as-bodies-of-nine-women-found-what-we-know","outlet":"aljazeera.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/crgqde1nex2vo?amp;at_campaign=rss","outlet":"bbc.co.uk"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.capetownetc.com\/news\/eighth-woman-found-dead-as-ekurhuleni-murder-investigation-widens\/","outlet":"capetownetc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-police-form-task-team-after-four-women-found-dead-in-kempton-park\/","outlet":"channelafrica.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/13\/saps-mobilises-task-team-to-probe-four-kempton-park-deaths\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/14\/family-confirms-fourth-victim-found-in-kempton-park-is-elizabeth\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/celebs-sound-alarm-over-kempton-park-serial-killer-fears\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/network-news\/lnn\/article\/6th-womans-body-found-in-kwathema-amid-kempton-park-killings\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-family-identifies-womans-body-found-in-kwathema\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/just-in-body-of-missing-runner-elizabeth-tsontso-moselakgomo-identified\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/kempton-park-murders\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/saps-investigates-four-womens-bodies-found-in-kempton-park\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/kempton-park-serial-killer-fears-saps-warns-women-after-four-bodies-found\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/four-women-found-dead-in-kempton-park-as-police-warn-public\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/watch-kempton-park-residents-picket-fifth-body-woman-found\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-13-too-early-to-confirm-link-between-four-women-found-dead-in-kempton-park\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-14-we-are-scared-as-women-say-kempton-park-residents-after-fifth-body-is-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-16-ekurhuleni-under-lockdown-police-launch-manhunt-in-kempton-park-after-eighth-murder-victim-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-27-the-war-on-women-ekurhuleni-murders-highlight-sas-femicide-crisis\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-28-after-another-woman-murdered-in-ekurhuleni-heres-what-we-know-about-the-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/news-top-stories\/missing-runners-body-identified-fear-grips-kempton-park","outlet":"enca.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/opinion-videos\/ekurhuleni-murders-activist-says-women-need-more-statements-and-campaigns","outlet":"enca.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ewn.co.za\/ekurhuleni-murders-families-of-3-missing-women-urged-to-come-forward\/","outlet":"ewn.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/police-intensify-investigations-four-bodies-are-found-kempton-park-14-sep","outlet":"gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","outlet":"gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/news\/news\/where-the-bodies-of-women-found-in-ekurhuleni\/","outlet":"jacarandafm.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/body-of-missing-kempton-park-runner-identified-20260914-0746","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/east-rand-killings-police-confirm-ninth-womans-body-found-in-dawn-park-20260917-0404","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/missing-kempton-park-runners-family-waiting-to-id-battered-body-found-as-saps-warns-women-20260912-1259","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/p1-east-rand-murders-11th-body-found-in-open-veld-in-springs-20260927-0753","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/tenth-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-deepening-grisly-discovery-trail-20260926-0544","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/news\/ninth-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-concourt-strikes-down-tender-law-todays-top-7-stories-20260917-0965","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.politicsweb.co.za\/news\/on-the-ekurhuleni-killings-and-the-response-to-femicide-cyril-ramaphosa","outlet":"politicsweb.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/fourth-body-discovered-in-kempton-park-identified-as-missing-runner\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/two-of-the-five-bodies-found-in-kempton-park-yet-to-be-identified\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sowetan.co.za\/news\/2026-09-13-do-the-deaths-of-four-women-point-to-a-serial-killer-in-kemptom-park\/","outlet":"sowetan.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/sep\/16\/discovery-women-bodies-anger-femicide-south-africa","outlet":"theguardian.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-killings-what-we-know-about-9-women-found-dead\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-kempton-park-police-flag-phone-problem\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-tembisa-cemetery-suspect-arrested-in-limpopo\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-what-we-know-about-all-10-women\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/2026-09-26-another-womans-body-found-in-thembisa-as-the-ekurhuleni-killings-probe-continues\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-13-police-warn-of-possible-serial-killer-in-kempton-park-after-four-women-found-dead\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-14-breaking-body-of-missing-kempton-park-runner-elizabeth-tsontso-moselakgomo-positively-identified\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-15-cut-the-long-grass-and-fix-street-lights-ekurhuleni-residents-slam-city-after-womens-killings\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-16-eight-women-two-months-what-we-know-about-the-ekurhuleni-murders\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"}]},{"n":7,"slug":"vutomi-mathebula","has_photo":false,"photo_url":null,"date_found":"2026-09-14","date_status":"confirmed","victim_name":"Vutomi Mathebula","age":"28","suburb":"Olifantsfontein","location":"Olifantsfontein","disputed":["date_found"],"lat":-25.964,"lon":28.235,"sources":19,"verified":true,"verification":"official","in_official_tally":true,"official_n":7,"disputes":{"date_found":[{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","outlet":"gov.za","tier":1},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/tenth-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-deepening-grisly-discovery-trail-20260926-0544","outlet":"news24.com","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/sep\/16\/discovery-women-bodies-anger-femicide-south-africa","outlet":"theguardian.com","tier":2}],"sources_total":16,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":16,"value":"2026-09-14","shown":true},{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/sep\/16\/discovery-women-bodies-anger-femicide-south-africa","outlet":"theguardian.com","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.joburgetc.com\/news\/south-africa-notorious-serial-killers\/","outlet":"joburgetc.com","tier":3}],"sources_total":2,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":2,"value":"2026-09-15","shown":false}]},"condition":"found partially naked and bruised in the street, where police suspect she was dumped","identification":"identified","last_seen":"2026-03-22","quotes":{"condition":{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-14-we-are-scared-as-women-say-kempton-park-residents-after-fifth-body-is-found\/","quote":"The latest victim was discovered on Monday morning after a passerby spotted her body on Porcelain Avenue in Olifantsfontein and alerted authorities. The unidentified woman was found partially naked and bruised in the street, where police suspect she was dumped.","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},"date_found":{"url":"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/news-top-stories\/fifth-womans-body-discovered-near-kempton-park","quote":"A fifth woman\u2019s body has been discovered in the Kempton Park area, raising further concern as police investigate a number of deaths involving women in the area.\nThe body was found on Monday.","outlet":"enca.com"},"victim_name":{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-what-we-know-about-all-10-women\/","quote":"Police found Vutomi Mathebula, 28 , in Olifantsfontein on 14 September.\nHer family had been searching for her since 22 March , when she left home after saying she was going shopping at Dragon City.","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},"location_text":{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/14\/fifth-womans-body-found-near-kempton-park\/","quote":"The latest body was reportedly discovered in Olifantsfontein on Monday morning, with law enforcement officials at the scene.\n\nThe woman\u2019s identity and the circumstances surrounding her death have not yet been confirmed.","outlet":"witness.co.za"},"identification_status":{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-21-two-in-court-for-ekurhuleni-murder-but-police-yet-to-connect-wave-of-killings\/","quote":"excluding two discovered in Olifantsfontein. One victim, found on 7 September, remains unidentified, while the identity of the second, found on 14 September, is being withheld until her family is informed.","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"}},"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202609150023.html","outlet":"allafrica.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/capetimes.co.za\/news\/2026-09-16-r400-000-reward-offered-as-police-launch-specialised-investigation-into-eight-ekurhuleni-deaths\/","outlet":"capetimes.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/insidemetros.co.za\/2026\/09\/14\/fifth-body-found-in-kempton-park-as-serial-killer-fears-grip-community\/","outlet":"insidemetros.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/tracking-the-kempton-park-killings-or-where-the-9-bodies-have-been-found-their-names-and-faces\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/updated-map-where-the-6th-and-7th-bodies-were-found-in-kempton-park-killings-saga\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-15-runners-honour-women-killed-as-ekurhuleni-probe-widens\/","outlet":"mg.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/14\/fifth-womans-body-found-near-kempton-park\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/15\/serial-killer-fears-grip-gauteng-as-profiler-urges-specialist-probe\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.capetownetc.com\/news\/eighth-woman-found-dead-as-ekurhuleni-murder-investigation-widens\/","outlet":"capetownetc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/17\/kempton-park-murder-victim-identified-as-gracious-nkomo\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/celebs-sound-alarm-over-kempton-park-serial-killer-fears\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/network-news\/lnn\/article\/6th-womans-body-found-in-kwathema-amid-kempton-park-killings\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/kempton-park-murders\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/sixth-woman-found-dead-in-kwathema-as-ramaphosa-vows-no-stone-unturned-in-east-rand-killings\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/watch-kempton-park-residents-picket-fifth-body-woman-found\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-14-we-are-scared-as-women-say-kempton-park-residents-after-fifth-body-is-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-15-stand-up-for-womens-rights-ramaphosa-urges-as-another-body-is-found-in-ekurhuleni\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-16-ekurhuleni-under-lockdown-police-launch-manhunt-in-kempton-park-after-eighth-murder-victim-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-21-two-in-court-for-ekurhuleni-murder-but-police-yet-to-connect-wave-of-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-28-after-another-woman-murdered-in-ekurhuleni-heres-what-we-know-about-the-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/news-top-stories\/fifth-womans-body-discovered-near-kempton-park","outlet":"enca.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/opinion-videos\/ekurhuleni-murders-activist-says-women-need-more-statements-and-campaigns","outlet":"enca.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ewn.co.za\/2026\/09\/14\/kempton-park-serial-killer-a-forensic-expert-weighs-in","outlet":"ewn.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ewn.co.za\/ekurhuleni-murders-families-of-3-missing-women-urged-to-come-forward\/","outlet":"ewn.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","outlet":"gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/news\/news\/police-offer-r400k-in-ekurhuleni-womens-murder-probe\/","outlet":"jacarandafm.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.joburgetc.com\/news\/eight-women-ekurhuleni-task-team-investigation\/","outlet":"joburgetc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.joburgetc.com\/news\/south-africa-notorious-serial-killers\/","outlet":"joburgetc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/p1-east-rand-murders-11th-body-found-in-open-veld-in-springs-20260927-0753","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/tenth-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-deepening-grisly-discovery-trail-20260926-0544","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/fourth-body-discovered-in-kempton-park-identified-as-missing-runner\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/sep\/16\/discovery-women-bodies-anger-femicide-south-africa","outlet":"theguardian.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-killings-what-we-know-about-9-women-found-dead\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-tembisa-cemetery-suspect-arrested-in-limpopo\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-what-we-know-about-all-10-women\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-16-eight-women-two-months-what-we-know-about-the-ekurhuleni-murders\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"}]},{"n":8,"slug":"dineo-motapane","has_photo":true,"photo_url":"https:\/\/fls-a2e40aa1-f8c5-4f65-b8b1-bab6f8d7b358.laravel.cloud\/victims\/103b7cfd-171f-4944-81e7-48b667cc2d67\/vphcqopf8iunhzmy1g8hpbxn6z58ivau\/320.webp","date_found":"2026-09-15","date_status":"confirmed","victim_name":"Dineo Motapane","age":"38","suburb":"KwaThema","location":"Kwa-Thema","disputed":["victim_age"],"lat":-26.295,"lon":28.39,"sources":19,"verified":true,"verification":"official","in_official_tally":true,"official_n":8,"disputes":{"victim_age":[{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/south-africa\/lieutenant-general-dimpane-expresses-condolences-motapane-family","outlet":"sanews.gov.za","tier":1},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/tracking-the-kempton-park-killings-or-where-the-9-bodies-have-been-found-their-names-and-faces\/","outlet":"iol.co.za","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/east-rand-killings-police-confirm-ninth-womans-body-found-in-dawn-park-20260917-0404","outlet":"news24.com","tier":2}],"sources_total":9,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":9,"value":"38","shown":true},{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-16-eight-women-two-months-what-we-know-about-the-ekurhuleni-murders\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/opinion-videos\/ekurhuleni-murders-activist-says-women-need-more-statements-and-campaigns","outlet":"enca.com","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-15-runners-honour-women-killed-as-ekurhuleni-probe-widens\/","outlet":"mg.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":3,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":3,"value":"35","shown":false},{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/sixth-woman-found-dead-in-kwathema-as-ramaphosa-vows-no-stone-unturned-in-east-rand-killings\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":1,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":1,"value":"30","shown":false}]},"condition":"naked and decomposed","identification":"identified","last_seen":"2026-09-13","quotes":{"condition":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/just-in-possible-sixth-victim-in-kempton-park-strangler-killing-spree-found\/","quote":"A woman\u2019s body was discovered in KwaThema, near Springs on the East Rand, on Tuesday morning, as police investigate whether her death could be linked to five deaths in Kempton Park.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"date_found":{"url":"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/news-top-stories-videos\/ekurhuleni-killings-police-urge-patience-probe-widens","quote":"A sixth woman\u2019s body, believed to be that of a woman in her 30s, was found on the side of the road in KwaThema, Springs, on Tuesday morning.","outlet":"enca.com"},"victim_name":{"url":"https:\/\/www.ewn.co.za\/2026\/09\/17\/ekurhuleni-murders-another-woman-has-been-identified-by-family","quote":"Thirty-eight-year-old Dineo Motapane's body was discovered on the side of the road in KwaThema on Tuesday this week.","outlet":"ewn.co.za"},"location_text":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","quote":"8. Dineo Motapane found in Kwa-Thema on \u206015 September 2026","outlet":"gov.za"},"identification_status":{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/family-identify-8th-woman-found-dead-in-kwathema\/","quote":"Police have confirmed the identity of the eighth woman whose body was discovered in KwaThema, in Springs, in the East Rand. She has been identified as 38-year-old Dineo Evelyn Motapane.","outlet":"sabcnews.com"}},"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/capetimes.co.za\/news\/2026-09-16-r400-000-reward-offered-as-police-launch-specialised-investigation-into-eight-ekurhuleni-deaths\/","outlet":"capetimes.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/tracking-the-kempton-park-killings-or-where-the-9-bodies-have-been-found-their-names-and-faces\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/updated-map-where-the-6th-and-7th-bodies-were-found-in-kempton-park-killings-saga\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/2026-09-15-fear-on-the-tracks-kempton-park-killings-cast-long-shadow-over-women-runners-nationwide\/","outlet":"mg.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/2026-09-15-sixth-woman-s-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-as-fear-grows-among-residents\/","outlet":"mg.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-15-runners-honour-women-killed-as-ekurhuleni-probe-widens\/","outlet":"mg.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/26\/tenth-body-found-in-thembisa-cemetery-ekurhuleni\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/9\/19\/fear-and-anger-in-south-africa-as-bodies-of-nine-women-found-what-we-know","outlet":"aljazeera.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.capetownetc.com\/news\/eighth-woman-found-dead-as-ekurhuleni-murder-investigation-widens\/","outlet":"capetownetc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/17\/kempton-park-murder-victim-identified-as-gracious-nkomo\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/network-news\/lnn\/article\/6th-womans-body-found-in-kwathema-amid-kempton-park-killings\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-family-identifies-womans-body-found-in-kwathema\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/just-in-possible-sixth-victim-in-kempton-park-strangler-killing-spree-found\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/seventh-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-as-police-confirm-link-to-serial-murder-probe\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/sixth-woman-found-dead-in-kwathema-as-ramaphosa-vows-no-stone-unturned-in-east-rand-killings\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/theyve-declared-war-on-the-state-lesufi-says-after-body-found\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-15-stand-up-for-womens-rights-ramaphosa-urges-as-another-body-is-found-in-ekurhuleni\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-16-ekurhuleni-under-lockdown-police-launch-manhunt-in-kempton-park-after-eighth-murder-victim-found\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-28-after-another-woman-murdered-in-ekurhuleni-heres-what-we-know-about-the-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/news-top-stories-videos\/ekurhuleni-killings-police-urge-patience-probe-widens","outlet":"enca.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/news-top-stories\/ekurhuleni-murders-dineo-motapane-laid-rest-kwa-thema","outlet":"enca.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/news-top-stories\/watch-dineo-motapanes-family-has-message-killer","outlet":"enca.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/opinion-videos\/ekurhuleni-murders-activist-says-women-need-more-statements-and-campaigns","outlet":"enca.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ewn.co.za\/2026\/09\/16\/ekurhuleni-murders-2-of-out-8-womens-bodies-positively-identified","outlet":"ewn.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ewn.co.za\/2026\/09\/17\/ekurhuleni-murders-another-woman-has-been-identified-by-family","outlet":"ewn.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ewn.co.za\/ekurhuleni-murders-family-of-slain-dineo-motapane-plead-for-those-with-info-to-come-forward","outlet":"ewn.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","outlet":"gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.joburgetc.com\/news\/eight-women-ekurhuleni-task-team-investigation\/","outlet":"joburgetc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.joburgetc.com\/news\/south-africa-notorious-serial-killers\/","outlet":"joburgetc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/east-rand-killings-police-confirm-ninth-womans-body-found-in-dawn-park-20260917-0404","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/p1-east-rand-murders-11th-body-found-in-open-veld-in-springs-20260927-0753","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/tenth-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-deepening-grisly-discovery-trail-20260926-0544","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.politicsweb.co.za\/news\/on-the-ekurhuleni-killings-and-the-response-to-femicide-cyril-ramaphosa","outlet":"politicsweb.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/1163331-2\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/family-identify-8th-woman-found-dead-in-kwathema\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/family-struggles-to-accept-murder-of-38-year-old-dineo-motapane\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/south-africa\/lieutenant-general-dimpane-expresses-condolences-motapane-family","outlet":"sanews.gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/sep\/16\/discovery-women-bodies-anger-femicide-south-africa","outlet":"theguardian.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-killings-what-we-know-about-9-women-found-dead\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-kempton-park-police-flag-phone-problem\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-tembisa-cemetery-suspect-arrested-in-limpopo\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-what-we-know-about-all-10-women\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-15-cut-the-long-grass-and-fix-street-lights-ekurhuleni-residents-slam-city-after-womens-killings\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-09-16-eight-women-two-months-what-we-know-about-the-ekurhuleni-murders\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"}]},{"n":9,"slug":"jabulile-ntimba","has_photo":false,"photo_url":null,"date_found":"2026-09-17","date_status":"confirmed","victim_name":"Jabulile Ntimba","age":null,"suburb":"Villa Liza Township","location":"Dawn park","disputed":[],"lat":-26.24,"lon":28.285,"sources":12,"verified":true,"verification":"official","in_official_tally":true,"official_n":9,"condition":"partly clothed","identification":"identified","last_seen":"on the night of the incident, when she was together with the accused","quotes":{"condition":{"url":"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/south-africa-women-murders-investigation-love-triangle\/","quote":"A man and two women were arrested over the weekend over the killing of Jabulile Ntimba, whose body was found on Sept. 17 and was the ninth victim, police said.  As in most of the cases, her body was found on the side of the road, partly clothed.","outlet":"cbsnews.com"},"date_found":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","quote":"9. Jabulile Ntimba found in Dawn park on \u206017 September 2026","outlet":"gov.za"},"victim_name":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","quote":"9. Jabulile Ntimba found in Dawn park on \u206017 September 2026","outlet":"gov.za"},"location_text":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","quote":"9. Jabulile Ntimba found in Dawn park on \u206017 September 2026","outlet":"gov.za"},"identification_status":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","quote":"9. Jabulile Ntimba found in Dawn park on \u206017 September 2026","outlet":"gov.za"}},"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2026-10-01-two-women-face-bail-bid-over-jabulile-ntimba-murder\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/politics\/2026-10-01-update-police-torture-claim-rocks-jabulile-ntimba-murder-case-as-accused-alleges-forced-confession\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/2026-10-01-murder-first-or-femicide-ekurhuleni-killings-open-debate-over-how-cases-should-be-understood\/","outlet":"mg.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/surgezirc.co.za\/10th-woman-s-body-found-mooifontein-cemetery-tembisa","outlet":"surgezirc.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/south-africa-women-murders-investigation-love-triangle\/","outlet":"cbsnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/breaking-police-make-breakthrough-dawn-park-murder-case\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/south-africa-arrests-three-more-suspects-after-nine-women-murdered\/","outlet":"courthousenews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-21-two-in-court-for-ekurhuleni-murder-but-police-yet-to-connect-wave-of-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-27-the-war-on-women-ekurhuleni-murders-highlight-sas-femicide-crisis\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-28-after-another-woman-murdered-in-ekurhuleni-heres-what-we-know-about-the-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/saps-announces-breakthrough-dawn-park-murder-case-21-sep-2026","outlet":"gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/statement-imc-gbvf-actions-taken-regarding-killing-women-ekurhuleni-20-sep","outlet":"gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/news\/news\/govt-welcomes-breakthrough-in-dawn-park-murder-probe\/","outlet":"jacarandafm.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/news\/news\/police-probe-possiblelove-triangle-in-dawn-park-murder\/","outlet":"jacarandafm.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/news\/news\/two-women-appear-court-for-murder-of-jabulile-ntimba\/","outlet":"jacarandafm.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/crack-police-team-arrests-man-in-tzaneen-after-10th-ekurhuleni-murder-20260927-0440","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/p1-east-rand-murders-11th-body-found-in-open-veld-in-springs-20260927-0753","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/tenth-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-deepening-grisly-discovery-trail-20260926-0544","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/news\/nation\/south-africa-women-killings-k84850","outlet":"newsday.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.politicsweb.co.za\/news\/on-the-ekurhuleni-killings-and-the-response-to-femicide-cyril-ramaphosa","outlet":"politicsweb.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-10th-woman-may-have-been-stoned-police-say\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-tembisa-cemetery-suspect-arrested-in-limpopo\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-what-we-know-about-all-10-women\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/just-in-ramaphosa-unveils-four-point-gbv-plan-after-11-ekurhuleni-killings\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"}]},{"n":10,"slug":"victim-2026-09-20-moroka","has_photo":false,"photo_url":null,"date_found":"2026-09-20","date_status":"confirmed","victim_name":null,"age":null,"suburb":"Moroka, Soweto","location":"in Soweto, south of Johannesburg, her body wrapped in a duvet and dumped near a dam","disputed":[],"lat":-26.256,"lon":27.88,"sources":7,"verified":true,"verification":"corroborated","in_official_tally":true,"official_n":10,"condition":"body wrapped in a duvet and dumped near a dam","identification":"unidentified","last_seen":null,"quotes":{"condition":{"url":"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/south-africa-arrests-three-more-suspects-after-nine-women-murdered\/","quote":"Separately, police said another woman was found dead Sunday in Soweto, south of Johannesburg, her body wrapped in a duvet and dumped near a dam.","outlet":"courthousenews.com"},"date_found":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/breaking-police-make-breakthrough-dawn-park-murder-case\/","quote":"According to police, the woman\u2019s body was wrapped in a duvet and dumped in a dam at Moroka on Sunday evening.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"location_text":{"url":"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/south-africa-arrests-three-more-suspects-after-nine-women-murdered\/","quote":"Separately, police said another woman was found dead Sunday in Soweto, south of Johannesburg, her body wrapped in a duvet and dumped near a dam.","outlet":"courthousenews.com"},"identification_status":{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-21-two-in-court-for-ekurhuleni-murder-but-police-yet-to-connect-wave-of-killings\/","quote":"This comes after an unidentified woman in her twenties was found dead at Moroka Dam in Soweto on Sunday, adding to concerns over women\u2019s safety and fears that there may be a serial killer operating in Gauteng.","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"}},"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/politics\/2026-10-02-gauteng-targets-10-police-stations-after-rape-cases-surge-ivory-park-tops-list-lesufi\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c3vgyyj8q807o","outlet":"bbc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/south-africa-women-murders-investigation-love-triangle\/","outlet":"cbsnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-these-are-the-names-of-women-brutally-murdered\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/in-case-you-missed-it-27-september-2026\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/another-woman-killed-in-ekurhuleni-11th-body-found-strangled-in-springs\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/breaking-police-make-breakthrough-dawn-park-murder-case\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/women-killed-on-way-to-work-in-thembisas-estranged-husband-found-dead\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/south-africa-arrests-three-more-suspects-after-nine-women-murdered\/","outlet":"courthousenews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-21-two-in-court-for-ekurhuleni-murder-but-police-yet-to-connect-wave-of-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-28-after-another-woman-murdered-in-ekurhuleni-heres-what-we-know-about-the-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-29-ramaphosa-admits-the-government-has-failed-women-and-vows-action\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-kempton-park-police-flag-phone-problem\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-what-we-know-about-all-10-women\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"}]},{"n":11,"slug":"ntombifuthi-nxumalo","has_photo":false,"photo_url":null,"date_found":"2026-09-26","date_status":"confirmed","victim_name":"Ntombifuthi Nxumalo","age":"49","suburb":"Tembisa South","location":"Mooifontein Cemetery in the Vusimusi Section, Tembisa","disputed":[],"lat":-26.015,"lon":28.21,"sources":19,"verified":true,"verification":"official","in_official_tally":true,"official_n":11,"condition":"found naked with serious head injuries; stones found around the body, raising the possibility that she may have been stoned; no visible stab wounds","identification":"identified","last_seen":"had been drinking at a local tavern with a female acquaintance before she left the premises in the company of an unidentified man","quotes":{"condition":{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-10-06-family-angry-after-ekurhuleni-murder-accuseds-brief-court-appearance\/","quote":"The state alleges that Nxumalo was fatally assaulted. Her body was found naked with serious head injuries. Police also found stones around her body and are investigating the circumstances surrounding her death.","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"},"date_found":{"url":"https:\/\/surgezirc.co.za\/10th-woman-s-body-found-mooifontein-cemetery-tembisa","quote":"Police have confirmed the discovery of a woman\u2019s body at Mooifontein Cemetery in Tembisa South, Gauteng . The body was found in the Vusimusi section near an informal settlement on the morning of Saturday, 26 September.","outlet":"surgezirc.co.za"},"victim_name":{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/calls-for-life-sentence-for-suspect-linked-to-thembisa-womans-murder\/","quote":"Loved ones of Ntombifuthu Nxumalo, whose body was discovered on Saturday morning, are calling for a life sentence for the suspect arrested for her murder.\nHer body was found at the Mooifontein Cemetery in Thembisa in Ekurhuleni .","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},"location_text":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/police-suspect-arrested-limpopo-murder-woman-found-dead-tembisa-cemetery-27","quote":"Gauteng police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a woman whose body was discovered at Mooifontein Cemetery in the Vusimusi Section, Tembisa, on Saturday, 26 September 2026.","outlet":"gov.za"},"identification_status":{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/police-suspect-arrested-limpopo-murder-woman-found-dead-tembisa-cemetery-27","quote":"Gauteng police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a woman whose body was discovered at Mooifontein Cemetery in the Vusimusi Section, Tembisa, on Saturday, 26 September 2026.","outlet":"gov.za"}},"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/briefly.co.za\/entertainment\/celebrities\/254426-rachel-kolisi-reacts-11th-womans-body-ekurhuleni-femicide-stats\/","outlet":"briefly.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/2026-10-01-murder-first-or-femicide-ekurhuleni-killings-open-debate-over-how-cases-should-be-understood\/","outlet":"mg.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/surgezirc.co.za\/10th-woman-s-body-found-mooifontein-cemetery-tembisa","outlet":"surgezirc.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/themercury.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2026-09-26-police-confirm-discovery-of-womans-body-in-tembisa-cemetery\/","outlet":"themercury.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/26\/tenth-body-found-in-thembisa-cemetery-ekurhuleni\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/27\/eleventh-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/28\/ekurhuleni-body-count-rises-to-11-as-second-body-found-in-two-days\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c3vgyyj8q807o","outlet":"bbc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.bona.co.za\/mzansi-matters\/ekurhuleni-horror-12th-woman-found-dead-as-fears-grow\/","outlet":"bona.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/26\/another-womans-body-found-in-thembisa-saps-on-scene\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/multimedia\/24-hours-in-pictures-jerusalem-demolition-thembisa-murder-case-and-protests-in-france-and-london\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/in-case-you-missed-it-27-september-2026\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/another-woman-killed-in-ekurhuleni-11th-body-found-strangled-in-springs\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/tembisa-cemetery-murder-suspect-nabbed-limpopo-hours-after-grim-discovery\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-27-the-war-on-women-ekurhuleni-murders-highlight-sas-femicide-crisis\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-28-after-another-woman-murdered-in-ekurhuleni-heres-what-we-know-about-the-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-29-ramaphosa-admits-the-government-has-failed-women-and-vows-action\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ewn.co.za\/2026\/10\/06\/state-to-oppose-bail-for-man-accused-of-killing-tembisa-woman-leaving-body-in-cemetery","outlet":"ewn.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/news\/media-statements\/police-suspect-arrested-limpopo-murder-woman-found-dead-tembisa-cemetery-27","outlet":"gov.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/news\/news\/suspect-arrested-in-limpopo-\/","outlet":"jacarandafm.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/news\/news\/suspect-linked-to-mooifontein-womans-body\/","outlet":"jacarandafm.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/crack-police-team-arrests-man-in-tzaneen-after-10th-ekurhuleni-murder-20260927-0440","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/p1-east-rand-murders-11th-body-found-in-open-veld-in-springs-20260927-0753","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/tenth-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni-deepening-grisly-discovery-trail-20260926-0544","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/news\/nation\/south-africa-women-killings-k84850","outlet":"newsday.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.politicsweb.co.za\/news\/on-the-ekurhuleni-killings-and-the-response-to-femicide-cyril-ramaphosa","outlet":"politicsweb.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/calls-for-life-sentence-for-suspect-linked-to-thembisa-womans-murder\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/friend-recalls-last-moments-with-woman-found-dead-in-tembisa\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/gauteng-police-cannot-rule-out-serial-killer-in-ekurhuleni\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/growing-concerns-over-womens-safety-after-body-found-in-thembisa\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/mooifontein-cemetery-murder-accused-back-in-court\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.soapoperaspy.com\/2026\/south-africa-11th-woman-found-dead-in-ekurhuleni-as-serial-killer-fears-grow\/","outlet":"soapoperaspy.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-10th-woman-may-have-been-stoned-police-say\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-anc-womens-league-hosts-memorial-today\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-tembisa-cemetery-suspect-arrested-in-limpopo\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-what-we-know-about-all-10-women\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/just-in-ramaphosa-unveils-four-point-gbv-plan-after-11-ekurhuleni-killings\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/2026-09-26-another-womans-body-found-in-thembisa-as-the-ekurhuleni-killings-probe-continues\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2026-10-06-family-angry-after-ekurhuleni-murder-accuseds-brief-court-appearance\/","outlet":"timeslive.co.za"}]},{"n":12,"slug":"victim-2026-09-27-springs","has_photo":false,"photo_url":null,"date_found":"2026-09-27","date_status":"confirmed","victim_name":null,"age":null,"suburb":"Springs","location":"an open veld near Rhokana Road in Springs","disputed":[],"lat":-26.25,"lon":28.4,"sources":9,"verified":true,"verification":"corroborated","in_official_tally":true,"official_n":12,"condition":"woman in her 20s; body not in a decomposed state; clothed, with only her top pushed aside; evidence indicating a struggle may have taken place","identification":null,"last_seen":null,"quotes":{"condition":{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/p1-east-rand-murders-11th-body-found-in-open-veld-in-springs-20260927-0753","quote":"Ekurhuleni\u2019s body count has risen to 11 after another body was discovered in an open veld near Rhokana Road in Springs on Sunday.","outlet":"news24.com"},"date_found":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/another-woman-killed-in-ekurhuleni-11th-body-found-strangled-in-springs\/","quote":"\u201cOn Sunday, 27 September 2026, at approximately 12:00, Saps Springs responded to a crime scene where a body was discovered in an open veld near Rhokana Road. A security company vehicle patrolling the area noticed the body and alerted the police.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"location_text":{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/p1-east-rand-murders-11th-body-found-in-open-veld-in-springs-20260927-0753","quote":"Ekurhuleni\u2019s body count has risen to 11 after another body was discovered in an open veld near Rhokana Road in Springs on Sunday.","outlet":"news24.com"}},"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/briefly.co.za\/entertainment\/celebrities\/254426-rachel-kolisi-reacts-11th-womans-body-ekurhuleni-femicide-stats\/","outlet":"briefly.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/27\/eleventh-womans-body-found-in-ekurhuleni\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/28\/ekurhuleni-body-count-rises-to-11-as-second-body-found-in-two-days\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/29\/president-to-address-nation-over-ekurhuleni-womens-murders\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.bona.co.za\/mzansi-matters\/ekurhuleni-horror-12th-woman-found-dead-as-fears-grow\/","outlet":"bona.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/in-case-you-missed-it-27-september-2026\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/another-woman-killed-in-ekurhuleni-11th-body-found-strangled-in-springs\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-27-the-war-on-women-ekurhuleni-murders-highlight-sas-femicide-crisis\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/southafrica\/crime-and-courts\/p1-east-rand-murders-11th-body-found-in-open-veld-in-springs-20260927-0753","outlet":"news24.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/news\/nation\/south-africa-women-killings-k84850","outlet":"newsday.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.politicsweb.co.za\/news\/on-the-ekurhuleni-killings-and-the-response-to-femicide-cyril-ramaphosa","outlet":"politicsweb.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.soapoperaspy.com\/2026\/south-africa-11th-woman-found-dead-in-ekurhuleni-as-serial-killer-fears-grow\/","outlet":"soapoperaspy.com"}]},{"n":13,"slug":"boitumelo-gift-mashita","has_photo":true,"photo_url":"https:\/\/fls-a2e40aa1-f8c5-4f65-b8b1-bab6f8d7b358.laravel.cloud\/victims\/3361794a-a441-45f0-abf3-9db7776df9fe\/dbplgohjkvw6bcayg09m79kewp9tnwjf\/320.webp","date_found":"2026-09-28","date_status":"confirmed","victim_name":"Boitumelo Gift Mashita","age":"23","suburb":"Tembisa","location":"Mapungubwe Street, Tembisa","disputed":["victim_name"],"lat":-25.996,"lon":28.227,"sources":8,"verified":true,"verification":"corroborated","in_official_tally":false,"official_n":null,"disputes":{"victim_name":[{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/thembisa-women-call-for-danger-zone-status-amid-safety-fears\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2026-09-28-man-linked-to-tembisa-murder-found-dead-inside-vehicle-in-midrand\/","outlet":"iol.co.za","tier":2},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/28\/23-year-old-woman-killed-in-early-morning-thembisa-robbery\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":6,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":6,"value":"Boitumelo Gift Mashita","shown":true},{"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-28-after-another-woman-murdered-in-ekurhuleni-heres-what-we-know-about-the-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za","tier":2}],"sources_total":1,"outlets":[],"outlets_total":1,"value":"Boitumelo Nhlanzi","shown":false}]},"condition":"shot; belongings taken","identification":"identified","last_seen":null,"quotes":{"condition":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/woman-shot-and-killed-tembisa-armed-robbery\/","quote":"The woman was shot and killed on Mapungubwe Street, Tembisa, on Monday morning at about 5:45am, 28 September.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"date_found":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/woman-shot-and-killed-tembisa-armed-robbery\/","quote":"The woman was shot and killed on Mapungubwe Street, Tembisa, on Monday morning at about 5:45am, 28 September.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"victim_name":{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2026-09-28-man-linked-to-tembisa-murder-found-dead-inside-vehicle-in-midrand\/","quote":"Mashita was shot and killed at about 5.45am on Monday, September 28, in Temong, Mapungubwe Street, Tembisa.","outlet":"iol.co.za"},"location_text":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/woman-shot-and-killed-tembisa-armed-robbery\/","quote":"The woman was shot and killed on Mapungubwe Street, Tembisa, on Monday morning at about 5:45am, 28 September.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},"identification_status":{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/woman-shot-and-killed-tembisa-armed-robbery\/","quote":"The woman was shot and killed on Mapungubwe Street, Tembisa, on Monday morning at about 5:45am, 28 September.","outlet":"citizen.co.za"}},"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2026-09-28-man-linked-to-tembisa-murder-found-dead-inside-vehicle-in-midrand\/","outlet":"iol.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/witness.co.za\/news\/2026\/09\/29\/thembisa-murder-suspect-found-dead-inside-car-in-midrand\/","outlet":"witness.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.bona.co.za\/mzansi-matters\/ekurhuleni-horror-12th-woman-found-dead-as-fears-grow\/","outlet":"bona.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/kempton-express\/news-headlines\/local-crime-news\/2026\/09\/28\/23-year-old-woman-killed-in-early-morning-thembisa-robbery\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/woman-shot-and-killed-tembisa-armed-robbery\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/women-killed-on-way-to-work-in-thembisas-estranged-husband-found-dead\/","outlet":"citizen.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2026-09-28-after-another-woman-murdered-in-ekurhuleni-heres-what-we-know-about-the-killings\/","outlet":"dailymaverick.co.za"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.joburgetc.com\/news\/23-year-old-shot-dead-thembisa-ekurhuleni-12th-woman\/","outlet":"joburgetc.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/1164395-2\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/family-believe-suspect-in-tembisa-womans-murder-known-to-them\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/funeral-underway-for-young-woman-killed-by-estranged-husband\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/mashitas-family-finds-comfort-in-knowing-murder-suspects-identity\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/police-searching-for-person-of-interest-in-tembisa-womans-murder\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/thembisa-women-call-for-danger-zone-status-amid-safety-fears\/","outlet":"sabcnews.com"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/ekurhuleni-murders-anc-womens-league-hosts-memorial-today\/","outlet":"thesouthafrican.com"}]},{"n":14,"slug":"victim-14","has_photo":false,"photo_url":null,"date_found":null,"date_status":"unknown","victim_name":null,"age":null,"suburb":"Dawn Park","location":"Dawn Park, Boksburg","disputed":[],"lat":-26.235,"lon":28.27,"sources":1,"verified":false,"verification":"single-source","in_official_tally":"unknown","official_n":null,"condition":"not at the decomposition stage; police expect to obtain clear fingerprints","identification":"pending","last_seen":null,"quotes":{"condition":{"url":"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/news\/news\/police-urge-caution-as-identification-yet-be-confirmed\/","quote":"Police are urging caution after a woman came forward claiming that the body of a woman found in Dawn Park, Boksburg, could be that of her best friend.","outlet":"jacarandafm.com"},"location_text":{"url":"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/news\/news\/police-urge-caution-as-identification-yet-be-confirmed\/","quote":"Police are urging caution after a woman came forward claiming that the body of a woman found in Dawn Park, Boksburg, could be that of her best friend.","outlet":"jacarandafm.com"},"identification_status":{"url":"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/news\/news\/police-urge-caution-as-identification-yet-be-confirmed\/","quote":"Police are urging caution after a woman came forward claiming that the body of a woman found in Dawn Park, Boksburg, could be that of her best friend.","outlet":"jacarandafm.com"}},"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/news\/news\/police-urge-caution-as-identification-yet-be-confirmed\/","outlet":"jacarandafm.com"}]}],"map":{"roads":[{"pts":[[-25.86,28.19],[-25.93,28.22],[-25.99,28.235],[-26.06,28.24],[-26.13,28.235],[-26.19,28.25]],"name":"R21"},{"pts":[[-26.2,28.06],[-26.21,28.17],[-26.21,28.25],[-26.2,28.32],[-26.25,28.4]],"name":"N12"},{"pts":[[-25.98,28.13],[-26.08,28.15],[-26.16,28.12],[-26.26,28.14]],"name":"N3"},{"pts":[[-25.95,28.04],[-26.03,27.99],[-26.13,27.98],[-26.24,27.95]],"name":"N1"},{"pts":[[-26.24,28.12],[-26.26,28.25],[-26.27,28.4]],"name":"N17"}],"towns":[{"lat":-26.1,"lon":28.23,"name":"Kempton Park"},{"lat":-26.129,"lon":28.227,"name":"Rhodesfield"},{"lat":-26.095,"lon":28.265,"name":"Pomona"},{"lat":-25.964,"lon":28.235,"name":"Olifantsfontein"},{"lat":-25.97,"lon":28.21,"name":"Clayville"},{"lat":-25.996,"lon":28.227,"name":"Tembisa"},{"lat":-26.295,"lon":28.39,"name":"KwaThema"},{"lat":-26.25,"lon":28.4,"name":"Springs"},{"lat":-26.235,"lon":28.27,"name":"Dawn Park"},{"lat":-26.212,"lon":28.259,"name":"Boksburg"},{"lat":-26.268,"lon":27.859,"name":"Soweto"},{"lat":-26.205,"lon":28.04,"name":"Johannesburg CBD"},{"lat":-26.135,"lon":28.242,"name":"OR Tambo"}]}}