Sep 17, 2026 · 50 min · 11 segments
Bra Aubrey and listeners weigh in on the rise in number of women found murdered in Ekurhuleni, the US imposing visa restrictions on South Africa, an OpenAI test model reportedly escaping into a…
Aubrey MasangoHostChrisPanelist
Maybe I should foreground this by saying we're in a very difficult moment right now with regards to the deaths of the women that have been found in the Ikoroleni situation.
It's a very difficult moment for so many reasons, so many layers of reasons and so
forth.
I don't know, though, how helpful it is when Well, I'm going to read you the story.
This is a story written by Byron Pillay on one of the online sort of publications.
And Minister Sindhisiwe Chikunga addressed South African men directly at a government memorial in Eguruleheni.
The memorial was held to mourn nine women killed in a wave of gender-based violence within the space of two months.
Chikunga's remarks prompted fierce pushback online with many South Africans rejecting her framing of the crisis.
And I suppose that's the issue in most of the issues that we discuss, how they are framed.
And the framing usually reveals a particular situation Idea, thought, notion, right? Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Cindy Siwe Chikunga, delivered a pointed address to South African men at a government-led memorial in Eguruleri on the 17th of September, 2026.
The memorial was convened by the city of Eguruleni, government communications and the presidency in response to the discovery of nine women's bodies dumped across the city over a period of approximately two months.
Five of the bodies were found in Kempton Park, two in Ulefansfontein, one in Watama and one in Dawn Park.
Speaking at the auditorium event, Chikunga called on men to end all forms of gender-based violence and femicide.
She went beyond condemning murder and rape, drawing attention to subtle forms of abuse she said were equally unacceptable.
She said, and I quote, To the men of South Africa, I speak directly and unequivocally to you.
Maybe I should foreground this by saying we're in a very difficult moment right now with regards to the deaths of the women that have been found in the Ikoroleni situation.
It's a very difficult moment for so many reasons, so many layers of reasons and so
forth.
I don't know, though, how helpful it is when Well, I'm going to read you the story.
This is a story written by Byron Pillay on one of the online sort of publications.
And Minister Sindhisiwe Chikunga addressed South African men directly at a government memorial in Eguruleheni.
The memorial was held to mourn nine women killed in a wave of gender-based violence within the space of two months.
Chikunga's remarks prompted fierce pushback online with many South Africans rejecting her framing of the crisis.
And I suppose that's the issue in most of the issues that we discuss, how they are framed.
And the framing usually reveals a particular situation Idea, thought, notion, right? Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Cindy Siwe Chikunga, delivered a pointed address to South African men at a government-led memorial in Eguruleri on the 17th of September, 2026.
The memorial was convened by the city of Eguruleni, government communications and the presidency in response to the discovery of nine women's bodies dumped across the city over a period of approximately two months.
Five of the bodies were found in Kempton Park, two in Ulefansfontein, one in Watama and one in Dawn Park.
Speaking at the auditorium event, Chikunga called on men to end all forms of gender-based violence and femicide.
She went beyond condemning murder and rape, drawing attention to subtle forms of abuse she said were equally unacceptable.
She said, and I quote, To the men of South Africa, I speak directly and unequivocally to you.
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