Year in and year out, incidents of gender-based violence and femicide in the Eastern Cape read like the script of a horror movie. The crime statistics released by police minister Bheki Cele quarterly attest to the magnitude of the problem in the province.
A candlelight service has been held for slain six-year-old Sikholiwe Mahleka of Mdantsane, whose body was found wrapped in plastic under a bed in a nearby house on December 7.