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Media Statement - MEC Maile mourns the tragic death of Elizabeth Moselakgomo and calls for collective action against femicide - 15 September 2026

Gauteng - Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentRef: https://www.gauteng.gov.za/Media%20Advisories%20and%20Statements/Media%20Statement%20-%20MEC%20Maile%20mourns%20the%20tragic%20death%20of%20Elizabeth%20Moselakgomo%20and%20calls%20for%20collective%20action%20against%20femicide%20-%2015%20September%202026.pdf

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What this means

This is a Gauteng government media statement issued for immediate release on 15 September 2026 by MEC Lebogang Maile, mourning the death of 38-year-old Elizabeth "Tsontso" Moselakgomo, whose body was identified at the Germiston mortuary after she disappeared while running from her home in Rhodesfield, Kempton Park. Maile calls the killing of women a moral and social crisis and demands collective action against gender-based violence and femicide by government, police, families, schools, communities, religious institutions, civil society, workplaces and men. The statement notes that the South African Police Service has launched a multidisciplinary investigation into several bodies of women found in and around Kempton Park, while cautioning that no link between the cases should yet be assumed.

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https://www.gauteng.gov.za/Media%20Advisories%20and%20Statements/Media%20Statement%20-%20MEC%20Maile%20mourns%20the%20tragic%20death%20of%20Elizabeth%20Moselakgomo%20and%20calls%20for%20collective%20action%20against%20femicide%20-%2015%20September%202026.pdf

Key Takeaways

Issued for immediate release on 15 September 2026
To: All Media Att: News Editors
MEC Lebogang Maile, Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation
Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo, aged 38, died; body identified at the Germiston mortuary
She disappeared after leaving her home in Rhodesfield, Kempton Park, for a routine run
An eight-year-old daughter reportedly first realised her mother had not returned home
South African Police Service multidisciplinary investigation into deaths of women in and around Kempton Park
Police caution that no conclusion should yet be drawn that the cases are linked or involve a single perpetrator
Call for collective societal responsibility against gender-based violence and femicide
Lebogang Maile
Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo
South African Police Service
Gauteng
Kempton Park
Rhodesfield
Germiston

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Closing Date

15 September 2026