Cyril Ramaphosa’s golf outing sparks outrage as SA reels from deadly women’s killings

President Cyril Ramaphosa has faced a wave of public backlash after being photographed playing golf while the nation grapples with the shock of a series of brutal murders targeting women in the Ekurhuleni area.

The images, which circulated widely on social media, showed the President on the golf course at a time when families and communities were mourning the loss of multiple women whose bodies were discovered in recent weeks.

The timing of the President’s leisure activity is being viewed by many as insensitive and out of touch with the gravity of the crisis facing the country.

Critics and gender-based violence activists have expressed their frustration, arguing that the President’s appearance at a golf course sends the wrong message while the police are under immense pressure to solve the string of femicides that have left the nation in a state of fear.

The Presidency has yet to issue a formal response to the growing criticism regarding the optics of the outing during a period of national mourning and heightened concern over safety.