{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_prpqmvklajcb2fuxa4oa","title":"EAST RAND MURDERS: After another woman murdered in Ekurhuleni, here’s what we know about the killings","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/east-rand-murders-after-another-woman-murdered-in-ekurhuleni-heres-what-prpqmvklaj","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_prpqmvklajcb2fuxa4oa","seq":526343,"kind":"article","title":"EAST RAND MURDERS: After another woman murdered in Ekurhuleni, here’s what we know about the killings","url":"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-28-after-another-woman-murdered-in-ekurhuleni-heres-what-we-know-about-the-killings","summary":"Another woman has been found in Tembisa as police investigate a string of killings in Ekurhuleni since July, prompting questions about possible links between the cases. While some similarities have raised concerns about possible connections between the cases, significant differences have complicated the theory.","published":"2026-09-28T21:30:18Z","seen":"2026-09-28T21:30:18Z","lang":"en","country":"ZA","source":{"id":"kite-dailymaverick-co-za-cd6f62","name":"dailymaverick.co.za","domain":"dailymaverick.co.za","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q6794160","name":"Daily Maverick","type":"newspaper","country":"ZA","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-dailymaverick-co-za-cd6f62","topics":["maverick news"],"authors":["author"],"entities":[{"id":"Q326891","name":"City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality","type":"place"}],"image":"https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Z9a07nKM_ha0HFmclglbSL6mdik=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/attachments/orphans/Tumi-12-Ekurhuleni13_210678.jpg","mentions":2,"story":"st_prpqmvklajcb2fuxa4oa","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.7099999785423279,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.8299999833106995,"political":0.10999999940395355}]}