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[VIDEO] A tale of two mothers: Inside the losses of South Africa’s femicide epidemic

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December 13, 2021

Rachel Mashego sits in the home her ex-partner burnt down with their 5-year-old son, Tokelo, still inside. Tokelo died seven days after the incident. (Dylan Bush)

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Over half of all women killed in South Africa are murdered by their partners. Here are stories from two mothers who lost children to gender-based violence in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga — and what could have been done to prevent this abuse.

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Dylan Bush

Dylan Bush was a health journalist at Bhekisisa from February 2016 to September 2023.

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