Man Shoots Wife: Intimate Femicide in Gauteng, South Africa

This essay draws on inquest records and newspaper reports to analyse the nature of femicide in South Africa.

 

"Man Shoots Wife__ Intimate femicide in Gauteng, South Africa
Lisa Vetten

Lisa Vetten is the former manager of the Gender Programme at the Centre for the study of Violence and Reconciliation. In 2013 she obtained a Master of Arts degree in Political Studies (cum laude) from the University of the Witwatersrand. Her dissertation was entitled 'Deserving and undeserving women: A case study of South African policy and legislation addressing domestic violence.