President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a nationwide clean‑up of high‑risk areas after the discovery of 12 women’s bodies near Johannesburg in two months.
He called for an urgent safety audit in every municipality, spotlighting broken streetlights, abandoned buildings and other hazards.
The president also unveiled an enforcement package targeting alcohol‑related violence and urged cultural change to address underlying gender attitudes.
Despite four arrests so far, he warned that more perpetrators could be involved.
The move aims to curb South Africa’s high gender‑based violence rates amid public outrages.
