特姆比萨，南非——南非警方于9月26日在约翰内斯堡以东的埃库鲁莱尼发现另一具尸体，使该市过去两个月发现的女性尸体数量增至10具。
TEMBISA, South Africa - South African police on Sept 26 found another body in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, bringing to 10 the number of women found dead in the municipality over the past two months.
这一发现加剧了人们对这个长期饱受暴力犯罪困扰的国家针对女性暴力问题的担忧，而警方正在努力确定这些凶杀案是否有关联。警方称，这具半裸尸体是在特姆比萨镇附近的一座公墓旁发现的。
The discovery adds to growing concern over violence against women in a country long plagued by violent crime, while police work to establish whether the killings are connected. The semi-naked body was found near a cemetery in the Tembisa township, police said.
“目前我们只能确认发现了尸体。犯罪现场管理和所有必要的相关人员目前正在现场，”警方发言人布伦达·穆里迪利说。
“At this stage, we can only confirm the discovery of the body. Crime scene management and all the necessary role players are currently on the scene,” police spokeswoman Brenda Muridili said.
省警方局长汤米·姆通贝尼表示，受害者似乎是被石头砸死的，将进行尸检以确定死因。
Provincial police chief Tommy Mthombeni said the victim appeared to have been stoned to death, and a post-mortem examination would be conducted to determine the cause of death.
“我们已指派高素质的调查人员处理此案，”他在现场对记者说道，誓言要找到对这些凶杀案负责的人。
“We have put highly capable investigators on this case,” he told reporters at the scene, vowing to find those responsible for the killings.
其他九名受害者大多在20多岁和30多岁，其中一些被发现衣物被剥光，并有性侵迹象。
The nine other victims were mostly in their 20s and 30s, with some found stripped of their clothes and showing signs of sexual assault.
第一名受害者是一名37岁女性，于7月15日被发现全裸并用扎带捆绑。两天后一名嫌疑人被捕。
The first victim, a 37-year-old woman, was found naked and bound with cable ties on July 15. A suspect was arrested two days later.
另外两名嫌疑人，分别为31岁和38岁的女性，因与第九名受害者有关被捕，并于9月21日被起诉。警方表示，该凶杀案可能源于情感纠纷。
Two other suspects, women aged 31 and 38, were arrested in connection with the ninth victim and charged on Sept 21. Police have said that killing may have stemmed from a relationship-related matter.
警方悬赏40万兰特（约3万新元）缉拿凶手，而南非第二大政党民主联盟又追加了3.1万美元（约3.9万新元）奖金。
Police have offered a 400,000 rand (S$30,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of the killer or killers, while the Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s second-largest political party, has put up a further US$31,000 (S$39,000).
尽管政府多年来承诺解决这一问题，并将基于性别的暴力宣布为国家灾难，但南非的性别暴力问题依然根深蒂固。
Gender-based violence is endemic in South Africa, despite years of government pledges to tackle the problem and the declaration of gender-based violence as a national disaster.
上周，南非政府表示，国家性别暴力（GBV）指挥中心在9月1日至16日期间共接到6,782个求助电话，日均424个。这比8月同期日均350个电话增加了21%。
Last week, the South African government said the national Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Command Centre received 6,782 distress calls between Sept 1 and 16, an average of 424 a day. That was a 21 per cent increase from the same period in August, when the centre averaged 350 calls a day.
这个拥有6200万人口的国家南非，拥有世界上最高的谋杀率之一，日均谋杀案件超过60起。
South Africa, a nation of 62 million people, has one of the world’s highest murder rates, with more than 60 killings a day on average.