# Union UNTU calls on government to urgently step up efforts to curb rising gender-based violence and femicide. A multidisciplinary police team is investigating the murders of nine women whose bodies were discovered across Ekurhuleni in Gauteng the past two months. UNTU spokesperson Atenkosi Plaatjie says the burden can never be placed on women to be more vigilant or extra cautious when they spend their lives looking over their shoulders:
UNTU demands action on rising femicide and violence against women [SOUND]
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