The 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.
There are high levels of violence against women in South Africa and last year President Cyril Ramaphosa said the country was one of "the most unsafe places in the world to be a woman".
Crime statistics released last year showed that 2,930 adult women were murdered in a 12-month period from 2017 to 2018, which amounts to one murder every three hours.
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.
On Twitter, people have been urging the police to find the culprit, but they also question whether the justice system will serve Ms Pule properly.
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?
— @Amukaylin (@Amukaylin1) June 9, 2020
How loud should one shout to be heard? #JusticeForTshego pic.twitter.com/DIVPUCcHGj
Last year, a spate of murders of women that received a lot of publicity led to a series of demonstrations with people calling for more action to be taken.
Since then special sexual offences courts have re-opened - they have worked intermittently over recent years because of funding difficulties, reports the BBC's Pumza Fihlani from Johannesburg.
More resources have also been directed towards both places of safety for survivors of abuse, as well as government-funded programmes aimed at changing men's behaviour, our reporter says.
You may also be interested in:
Latest Stories
-
Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned
10 mins -
Experts to shape more equitable digital future at DRIF 24
19 mins -
Bright Simons: Ghana’s billion-dollar ‘Timber Merchant’ deal to protect taxes
37 mins -
Ashanti Regional Minister defends arrest of ECG boss, rejects calls for apology
41 mins -
Cash Waterfall Mechanism report shows significant non-compliance with formula for revenue allocation – Report
55 mins -
Prison officer injured in clash with soldiers in Bawku
58 mins -
SSNIT reserves projected to hit zero in 12 years – ILO
1 hour -
Prestigious Nigerian school closed over bullying reports
1 hour -
Funny Face failed to perform at my show after taking money – Parrot Mouth
1 hour -
CAFCC: Sports Minister to offer Dreams FC a ‘surprise’ package before Zamalek clash
1 hour -
CAF awards 3-0 win to RS Berkane, after Algerian customs confiscated their kits
2 hours -
AgriTech challenge pro holds first pitch
2 hours -
UNIDO commits to improving local rice standards
2 hours -
Suleja prison: 108 inmates on the run in Nigeria
2 hours -
We object to government’s plans to make BEST sole off-taker of Sentuo Oil Refinery – CBOD
2 hours