{"id":51125,"date":"2021-09-16T09:18:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T07:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/women-deliver-anti-gbv-petition-20210914\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T19:28:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:28:42","slug":"women-deliver-anti-gbv-petition-20210914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/women-deliver-anti-gbv-petition-20210914\/","title":{"rendered":"Women deliver anti-GBV petition in Mthatha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hundreds of women, mainly from the ANC Women\u2019s League and female students from the St John\u2019s College in Mthatha, have marched and delivered a petition of grievances to the Mthatha Magistrate\u2019s Court, calling for swift arrest and prosecution of gender-based violence and femicide perpetrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The march, held on September 9, came after the recent murder of St John\u2019s College Grade 11 learner, Tandiswa Molefe (16), whose body was found next to a bridge at Waterfall Township, near Ngangelizwe on September 4, after being reported missing on September 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police were yet to make an arrest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_09a8264a\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11572\/5a61444574b54666a141bebf303a709b.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f6b24bee822d4285be0f5e1fa1b55145.jpg\" title=\"\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">LUVO CAKATA<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11572\/fdfe6a2751e847d58109b3c0cb2825e4.jpg\" 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