{"id":45830,"date":"2026-09-18T08:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45830"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:46:14","slug":"un-expresses-alarm-over-east-rand-femicide-crisis-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/un-expresses-alarm-over-east-rand-femicide-crisis-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"UN expresses alarm over East Rand femicide crisis in SA\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations (UN) has sounded the alarm over the recent killings of several women in South Africa&#8217;s (SA) East Rand region, warning that the deaths are not isolated incidents but reflect a broader, deadly national crisis of violence against women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at UN Headquarters in New York, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General St\u00e9phane Dujarric amplified warnings issued by the UN country team in SA, stressing that political commitments must urgently translate into tangible enforcement on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The UN highlighted that SA&#8217;s declaration of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) as a national disaster requires decisive measures, including stricter perpetrator accountability, improved legal access for women, women&#8217;s economic empowerment, and sustained long-term financing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The warning comes from the UN team in SA and was amplified at UN headquarters by Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric,&#8221; SABC Foreign Correspondent Sherwin Bryce-Pease reported. &#8220;The UN says the recent killings of women in the East Rand demonstrated the scale and persistence of GBV across the country. It is now calling for commitments to translate into tangible results, including holding perpetrators accountable, improving women&#8217;s access to justice, strengthening economic empowerment, and ensuring sustained financing and monitoring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The UN reiterated its commitment to supporting SA in implementing its national GBVF strategy and fulfilling its international human rights obligations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20593,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-45830","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"UN demands urgent action on SA GBV disaster","published_date":"2026-09-18 08:45:54","news_description":"UN demands urgent action on SA GBV disaster","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45831,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45830\/revisions\/45831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}