A feminicide which has been making headlines in the South African press for several days and which is shaking up social networks: Ntobeko Cele, a 25-year-old young woman stabbed to death by her ex-partner. On Facebook, the latter posted a video where he admits the facts, and shows the lifeless body of the victim. He has since killed himself. This feminicide recalls the scourge of gender-based violence in South Africa – a country which has one femicide per day on average.
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With our correspondent in Johannesburg, Valentin Hugues
“ Say his name “. A hashtag that many Internet users use to remind us that the victim had a name: Ntobeko Cele. A hashtag also to broadcast photos of her smiling, and try to counter the violence of the images published by her ex-partner.
The man still has blood on his face. He explains his action by citing deception and money problems. Then turns the camera towards the lifeless body of Ntobeko Cele, bleeding. Images of rare violence, and completely alarming behavior according to the Women For Change association, particularly because the man “ felt confident enough to broadcast this type of atrocity on social networks “. Sign of a certain form of normalization of feminicides here in South Africa.
Just after a large campaign to raise awareness of gender-based violence, the 16 days of activism, this drama “ reminds us how there is still a very long way to go to resolve this scourge », Writes the Tears foundation, which supports victims of gender-based and sexual violence.
According to the family, in the past, the victim had already mentioned violence from her partner.
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