No arrest have been made by the Police to any of the criminals that raped and killed a grandmother and sexually assaulted her granddaughter in Soweto.
The Police said that maximum resources were being mobilised to widen the search.
On Friday, the rapists allegedly gained access to their house in Dobsonville. They attacked the 21-year old granddaughter and sexually assaulted her at gunpoint.
Her 61-year old grandmother was also raped in another room. The elderly woman died from injuries sustained from the incident.
Major General Johan Ndlovu, who is the acting Guateng provincial commissioner of police, appealed to investigators to act with speed and use maximum resources to locate these rapists.
The Major General also called for the case to be prioritised as police continued to search for those involved.
Recently, debates around gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa have raised concerns that the country has the right legislation, but no follow-through when it comes to enforcement.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been vocal on the crisis.
He said that some men felt like they owned women and could do as they pleased.
There have also been several demonstrations held in recent months with protesters calling for harsher punishment for those found guilty of GBV.
GENDER COMMISSION CALLS FOR ACTION
In other news, the Commission for Gender Equality called on the police to ensure those behind the rape and murder of a Soweto grandmother and sexual assault of her granddaughter to be arrested soon.
Javu Baloyi, the commission spokesperson, said:
“They shouldn’t be given a lenient sentence and they should be taught a lesson. This should send a lesson to perpetrators of gender-based violence in the country.”
