{"id":699396,"date":"2019-09-05T14:26:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/05\/one-woman-is-murdered-every-3-hours-in-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2019-09-05T14:26:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:26:54","slug":"one-woman-is-murdered-every-3-hours-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/05\/one-woman-is-murdered-every-3-hours-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;One Woman Is Murdered Every 3 Hours In South Africa&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-680460\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/domestic-violence.jpg\" alt=\"Fighting couples\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The high rate of violence against women has seen many protesters entering the arena for the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town to protest.<\/p>\n<p>The protest was birthed following the recent murder of 19-year-old University of Cape Town student, Uyinene Mrwetyana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Domestic Violence: Man Attacks And Brutalises His Wife After An Argument (Graphic Photos)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a report by Bloomberg, a woman is murdered every three hours in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The killing of Mrwetyana, who was raped and bludgeoned to death at a post office in an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, followed the murder of champion boxer Leighandre Jegels, 25, who was allegedly shot by an ex-boyfriend who had a restraining order against him.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, there was Meghan Cremer, an avid horse rider who was allegedly killed by three men as she left her farm outside of Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>Protetser carried different placards, including one that simply said: \u201cStop Killing Us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The high rate of violence against women has seen many protesters entering the arena for the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town to protest. 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