# Police investigate nine women’s deaths in South Africa amid gender-violence crisis

https://mins.news/en/video/64827

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-18 19:58 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx6yDUptb1I

> Following the discovery of nine women dead near Johannesburg over two months, police are examining a sequence of killings. The probe comes amid persistently high levels of gender-based violence in South Africa. The UN estimates that physical or sexual violence affects one in every three women there over a lifetime, while the government designated the issue a national disaster last year.

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