Amnesty International South Africa is putting pressure on the National Prosecuting Authority for feedback on the 2017 murders of Popi Qwabe and Bongeka Phungula.
The two were shot dead and their bodies dumped in different locations in Soweto in May 2017.
Phungula’s body was found in Tladi with gunshot wounds to the head.
Qwabe was identified at a mortuary in Naledi. Indications are that both women were raped before they were murdered.
Two men were arrested and charged with their murders, but just a year later, the charges were withdrawn.
Amnesty International says the NPA had committed to providing feedback to the families on the case by the 15th of June this year.
Earlier this month, family members held a picket outside the NPA offices.
Amnesty International spokesperson Genevieve Quintal, said the justice system needs to start acting as a deterrent against Gender-Based Violence.
“Gender-based violence and femicide cases like this must be taken seriously to protect women’s rights in South Africa and to act as a deterrence for the high levels of violence against women.
Popi and Bongeka’s case is emblematic of a failing criminal justice system, including a cycle of impunity that sees little to no justice to victims and survivors of GBC and femicide,” said Quintal.
