Overview
- Police said on Monday that three people — one man and two women — were detained over the weekend in connection with the death of Jabulile Ntimba, bringing the total number of arrests tied to the Kempton Park cases to four.
- Ntimba's body was found on 17 September and is one of nine women discovered in the Ekurhuleni/Kempton Park area over about two months, with many victims left half-naked at roadsides and showing signs of severe assault.
- Two female suspects, aged 31 and 28, were formally charged with one killing and appeared at the Boksburg magistrate's court where a decision on bail was postponed to 1 October; one previously arrested man is due to appear in court at the end of October.
- The national police say they have not yet found evidence pointing to a single serial killer, and a third male suspect was released after legal detention limits expired but remains under investigation.
- The killings have provoked street protests and prompted President Cyril Ramaphosa to promise more funding, personnel and technology to protect women, increasing scrutiny of police performance and raising expectations for faster prosecutions.