‘Women across SA are not safe, they fear leaving their homes’

Hundreds of runners gathered in Durban on Florida Road to remember Elizabeth "Tsontso" Moselakgomo, who was found dead in Kempton Park. Moselakgomo, 38, disappeared last Wednesday after leaving her eight-year-old daughter alone. The runners expressed anger and demanded urgent action from authorities to protect women in South Africa.

Nicky Esterhuizen, spokesperson for Renegade Search and Rescue, stated, "Women across South Africa are not safe; they fear leaving their homes and we shouldn’t live in a country where that is the reality for everyone." Thembela Ngcengeni, a runner, called for greater protection, noting that women cannot always run in groups due to work commitments.

Thobeka Nsevu, another runner, honored women who have been killed in what they believed were safe places, emphasizing that they will not be silenced and will continue to jog and exist. Zweli Mthembu, a male runner, hoped the event would send a strong message to men who abuse women, urging them to stop and live in harmony with women.