Reflections by Fr Mathibela Sebothoma

  The Piling Bodies in Ekurhuleni: When Performance Theatre Replaces Public Safety By Fr Mathibela Sebothoma The Piling Bodies in Ekurhuleni: When Performance Theatre Replaces Public Safety By Fr Mathibela Sebothoma Seven women. Seven bodies. Roughly two months. That is enough to make any decent human being stop and ask: What is happening to us? From Kempton Park to Olifantsfontein and Kwa-Thema, women have been found dead, their bodies abandoned in places where nobody should have to fear being dumped, forgotten or never found. Police investigations are under way. Rewards have been offered. Senior police officers have been deployed. Politicians have expressed their horror. And rightly so. But I am tired of politicians being shocked. I am tired of the statements. I am tired of the microphones, the solemn faces, the carefully prepared words about "deep concern" and "senseless violence". We know it is senseless. We know it is horrific. We know families are grieving. Th...