{
  "id": 10795785,
  "title": "EKURHULENI KILLINGS: Ramaphosa admits the government has failed women and vows action",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/ekurhuleni-killings-ramaphosa-admits-the-government-has-failed-women",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T22:34:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-29-ramaphosa-admits-the-government-has-failed-women-and-vows-action/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In a somber address acknowledging the impact of gender-based violence on women, President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted that the government has failed to protect women and vowed to take action. Referring to the crisis he spoke about in September 2019 following the murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana, Ramaphosa described the violence and cruelty inflicted on women as a source of \"pain and national shame.\" He highlighted that 11 women's bodies had been found in Ekurhuleni since July, naming victims from across the country, including young girls and an elderly grandmother. Ramaphosa emphasized that women should not have to live in fear and that stronger measures were needed to prevent femicide, acknowledging that policing alone would not end the crisis. He announced four interventions aimed at strengthening the state's response to gender-based violence, including a national case-recovery operation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Ramaphosa orders 60-day probe into unresolved murders, rapes involving women and children",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/ramaphosa-orders-60-day-probe-into-unresolved-murders-rapes-involving",
        "published": "2026-09-29T17:54:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}