Man Shoots Wife: Intimate Femicide in Gauteng, South Africa

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
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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.

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