Activists condemn ongoing scourge of gender-based violence after Olorato Mongale's murder

WOMEN'S rights activists and civil society organisations have reacted with outrage to yet another reported incident of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) following the killing of 30-year-old Olorato Mongale, whose body was found near Lombardy, north of Joburg.

- SIYABONGA SITHOLE

Reports indicate that the young woman, originally from the Free State, had gone on a date with her alleged killer, believed to be a man identified as John, who collected her on Sunday from a residential complex in Athol.

Family spokesperson Criselda Kananda said Mongale had told her friends to search for her should she not send them a message revealing her whereabouts in an hour following her outing.

“We are devastated by this tragic loss and we ask that you continue to keep her family in your prayers. Her friends began to get worried after two hours passed without Olorato sending them a location. They then activated ‘Find My Location, and it led them to a house in Bramley. The friends found her bag and cellphone outside the house,” she said.