A seventh woman’s body was discovered in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni on Monday 14 September 2026, hours after a sixth body was found in Kwa-Thema, Springs and days after five women’s bodies appeared in the Rhodesfield area of Kempton Park over two months. Image: Supplied
Another woman’s body turned up in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni on Monday 14 September 2026 as South Africa reels from a wave of female murders across the east of Gauteng. The seventh woman body Tembisa discovery comes hours after a sixth body appeared in Kwa-Thema, Springs. Five women’s bodies appeared in the Rhodesfield area of Kempton Park over two months. Furthermore, SAPS is making its way to the Tembisa scene which remains an active crime scene. As a result, the number of women’s bodies discovered across the east of Gauteng demands urgent national attention.
Details about the Tembisa victim’s identity, age and cause of death are not yet confirmed. SAPS had not issued an official statement on the Tembisa discovery at the time of publication. The scene remains active and investigators are en route. Furthermore, Tembisa is one of the largest townships in Ekurhuleni and sits within the same broad area where the Kempton Park and Kwa-Thema discoveries happened on Monday. As a result, multiple discovery sites across the east of Gauteng on a single day paint a deeply alarming picture of violence against women.
The murder crisis has been building rapidly. The first Kempton Park victim appeared near the R21 on 15 July 2026. Four more bodies followed in the Rhodesfield area between August and 12 September 2026. A fifth body appeared in Olifantsfontein on Monday morning. A sixth turned up in Kwa-Thema, Springs on Monday afternoon. A seventh body then appeared in Tembisa on Monday evening. Furthermore, SAPS has not confirmed that all seven deaths link to a single offender. As a result, investigators face the challenge of determining which cases connect and whether a serial offender is operating across the region.
The community response has been swift and angry. Residents and runners protested outside the Kempton Park Police Station on Monday demanding greater safety for women. Top SAPS officers held an urgent meeting in Gauteng on Monday morning after the fifth body appeared. Furthermore, the family of missing runner Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo identified her body at the Germiston mortuary on Monday. As a result, Monday 14 September 2026 was the most significant day yet in the investigation.
South Africa’s femicide crisis is among the worst in the world. The country records some of the highest rates of violence against women globally. Monday’s discoveries are a brutal reminder that women in South Africa are still dying at an alarming rate despite years of government commitments and public outrage. Furthermore, the murders exposed the limits of what police can do when crimes of this scale unfold across multiple sites at the same time. As a result, South Africans are asking the government, SAPS and their elected representatives for answers and immediate action to protect women’s lives.
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Editors Note SAPS has not confirmed any link between the Tembisa discovery and the Kempton Park or Kwa-Thema murders. The Tembisa scene is active and the victim’s identity is not yet confirmed. All information is based on early reports published on 14 September 2026. Mzansi Today Live will update this article as further information becomes available.