Outcry in South Africa after woman found stabbed and hanging from tree

Tshegofatso Pule was missing for four days before her body was found

Hashtag #JusticeForTshego has been trending on Twitter in South Africa after the horrific killing of 28-year-old Tshegofatso Pule.

Her stabbed body was found hanging from a tree near Johannesburg.

She was eight months pregnant, local media are quoting police as saying.

Ms Pule went missing last week and her body was found on Monday, the Sowetan newspaper reports.

It also quotes police spokesperson Capt Kay Makhubele as saying that a murder investigation has been opened.

Can we have the same commitment from our Justice system to finding Tshego's killer as they did in finding alcohol traders during lockdown.#JusticeForTshego #JusticeForTshegoPule #justiceforNaledi pic.twitter.com/goEbw3boLZ
— iNkosazana YomCulo (@NkosazanaMashi1) June 9, 2020

Welcome to SA where voices that speak for alcohol are louder than of Gender based violence, where women and children killings are increasing abruptly. What is the point of our government? What is he doing about it?
How loud should one shout to be heard? #JusticeForTshego pic.twitter.com/DIVPUCcHGj
— @Amukaylin (@Amukaylin1) June 9, 2020