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World Service,26 Sep 2026,49 mins

Tenth woman's body found in South Africa suburb as police probe killings

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Police in South Africa say that they have discovered another body in a Johannesburg suburb, bringing the number of women found dead there in recent months to ten. The deaths have increased pressure on the national government less than a year after ministers declared gender-based violence a national disaster. Also in the programme: President Trump reject's Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz; and has the Pope with a grandfather born in France mastered the French accent? (Photo: Residents of Cape Town in an awareness walk denouncing gender-based violence. Credit: Reuters)

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