Social media is abuzz with users rallying behind #JusticeForNaledi after 21-year-old Naledi Arcelia Lethoba body was found mutilated with her face burnt, her breasts cut off and burn wounds in her lower body in Welkom, Free State.
Her body was discovered by a passerby on May 19 in an open field. According to police spokesperson, Kethabile Mofokeng the suspect who appeared briefly in Welkom Magistrate Court and the case was postponed to June 14 for a formal bail hearing yesterday. Lethoba was a student in Goldfields TVET College Welkom.
Social media user took to Twitter to vent out their anger:
Stop violence against women ⛔️⛔️????????????????????????????????????????????????❌⛔️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️????????♂️…..✋????????#JusticeForNaledi #RIPNaledi pic.twitter.com/z5aKVg0Bym
— Lerato Circum (@lcircum) May 30, 2019
#JusticeForNaledi
"Tired of this Justice For Sbani-bani hash tag
Tired of these cops that don’t help but stand back
If it was your friend, would you record these bad acts
Or would you jump in and just have your friend's back"-@TouchlineTruth— Mansa Musa (@Roger_Reloaded) May 30, 2019
#JusticeForNaledi Yoh!! Jesus Christ, I am really ashamed to be called a man in SA, We are trash. Death penalty must be reinstated. Men!!men we need to sit down and start now to repent and delivered from this demonic possession in us. We are suppose to protect women eish????????????
— Zizman???????? (@ZizmanZizipho) May 30, 2019
#RIPNaledi #JusticeForNaledi This is just heartbreaking. Where did we go wrong as a society for us to have come to this ???? pic.twitter.com/UqGPU7ngkc
— Nokuzola???? (@Nokx_zee) May 31, 2019
2 Chronicles 7: 14
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.????????— #UthandoOutNow (@DikaSAOfficial) May 31, 2019
You may be gone for now but I have hope we will meet again????. In a world where darkness and pain will be no more????. You have closed your eyes to rest and I pray for your peace. Death is the last chapter in time, but the first chapter in eternity????????????#RIPNaledi #JusticeForNaledi pic.twitter.com/EoZGm6GGzq
— MOPAPA PUL3NG ???????? (@MopapaPuleng) May 31, 2019
Life is hard for a woman in SA ???? #JusticeForNaledi
— The Friday Goodwin Show (@goodwin_show) May 31, 2019
Maar where are we going with this life?????will we ever find peace?????whats wrong with our youth????will the killings and rape ever end????Black people whats wrong with us?Ra kwatisa#JusticeForNaledi pic.twitter.com/bJrVBQiSb3
— Charlotte Lichakane (@chazmin11) May 30, 2019
it’s so sick to see what’s happening out here in the world today. pray for you & your families ladies & gentlemen. the world is a dark and scary place.some people are so evil. condolences to her family.???????? #JusticeForNaledi #RIPNaledi
— tommy (@thatguyistommy) May 31, 2019