Justice demanded for Siphokazi Booi who was brutally murdered and left in a wheelie bin
Young 27-year-old Siphokazi Booi’s burnt remains were found in a wheelie bin in September 2021… and finally, after several delays, the court trial is due to begin on Tuesday 27 June. Siphokazi was brutally murdered, dismembered, and set alight by her boyfriend. Her remains were found in the wheelie bin, burnt and dumped near the […]
Young 27-year-old Siphokazi Booi’s burnt remains were found in a wheelie bin in September 2021… and finally, after several delays, the court trial is due to begin on Tuesday 27 June.
Siphokazi was brutally murdered, dismembered, and set alight by her boyfriend. Her remains were found in the wheelie bin, burnt and dumped near the railway in Mbekweni, in Paarl. And her family has continued to suffer each time the case is postponed.
But now some well known faces are campaigning for justice to be served. One of them is Drakenstein Municipality official, Cindy September. Cindy famously compiled South Africa’s Fallen Angels List in 2019 (which honours all women and girls tragically murdered in SA). She and many others from all walks of life have teamed up with Action Society to put their weight behind raising awareness about this trial.
In a video message, Cindy implores South Africans around the country to join in demanding justice for Siphokazi, for her friends and family who love her so much, and to stand up against gender-based violence (GBV). She says women and men have had enough.
South Africans in the area are called on to join a mass gathering at the Paarl Regional Court at 08:00 on 27 June (Tuesday) to make their voices heard. “Wear black to stand in solidarity with victims and survivors of violence crime in South Africa,” says Action Society.
The charity organisation which provides a voice for the voiceless says Siphokazi “is one of thousands of women that have been brutally killed in this country, and it’s time we as a society take a stand against Gender Based Violence.” The organisation says the mass gathering is in response to not only this tragic case, but the “ongoing failure of the South African government to protect and provide justice for GBV victims”.
27,066 people were murdered in South Africa in 2022. Only 6.8% of murder cases result in successful conviction, according to Action Society. The last time Siphokazi’s trial was postponed Action Society’s Director of Community Safety, Ian Cameron said: “It seems the Constitution protects criminals in South Africa.”
The campaign asks South Africans to help #SAYHERNAME #SIPHOKAZIBOOI and calls on Cyril Ramaphosa to “#SAYHERNAME MR PRESIDENT”