周一,23岁的Boitumelo Gift Mashita在Tembisa Ekurhuleni遭枪杀。她在上班途中被杀害,随身物品也被抢走。
Boitumelo Gift Mashita was shot and killed on Monday in Tembisa Ekurhuleni. The 23-year-old woman was on her way to work when she was gunned down and her belongings were taken.
警方怀疑其丈夫与这起谋杀案有关,后来在其位于Midrand的车辆内发现了她的尸体。目前尚未发现这起案件与其他遇害事件之间的关联。
Police say her estranged husband, who they suspected of being responsible for her murder, was later found dead inside his vehicle in Midrand. Police have not found any link between this case and the discovery of the other bodies.
虽然大多数尸体都出现在同一地区,但9月20日在距离Ekurhuleni约63公里(39英里)的地方又发现了一具女性尸体。
While most of the bodies were found in the same area, police confirmed the discovery of another body about 39 miles (63 km) away from Ekurhuleni on 20 September.
该女性据信年龄在20多岁,尸体被包裹在羽绒被中,发现于约翰内斯堡西南部的Soweto地区的一个水坝中。目前尚不清楚这起谋杀案是否与其他案件有关。
The body of a young woman, believed to be in her 20s, was found wrapped in a duvet in a dam in Soweto, south-west of Johannesburg. It's unclear if her murder is linked to those in Ekurhuleni. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the killing of these women and others was a "stain on our national conscience".
总统Cyril Ramaphosa称这些女性的遇害是‘我们国家良心的污点’。
South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates, with 5,427 people murdered between April and June this year alone.
南非的凶杀率居高不下,仅今年4月至6月期间就有5,427人遇害。
South African police statistics do not differentiate victims by gender but the South African Human Rights Commission said last week that 569 women were killed between April and June this year. This works out as an average of six women killed each day.
虽然南非警方的数据未按性别区分受害者,但南非人权委员会上周表示,今年4月至6月共有569名女性遇害,平均每天有6名女性被杀害。
South African police statistics do not differentiate victims by gender but the South African Human Rights Commission said last week that 569 women were killed between April and June this year. This works out as an average of six women killed each day.
警方已成立专门小组调查这些案件,并悬赏40万兰特(约合2.4万美元/1.8万英镑)征集有助于逮捕嫌疑人的线索。
Police have set up a task team to investigate these murders and have offered a reward of 400,000 rand ($24,000; £18,000) for information that could lead to arrests.