“I’m Fuming, Yho”: Mzansi Reacts as Dr Khanyile Voices Anger After Death of Jogger

• Mental health advocate Dr Khanyile called out the South African government and SAPS after jogger Elizabeth Moselakgomo was found dead
• Dr Khanyile argued that women already take every precaution possible, yet still pay with their lives for the actions of men
• South Africans flooded the comments with fury, demanding visible policing and real accountability for GBV perpetrators

Mental health advocate Dr Khanyile posted a video on Instagram on 14 September 2026 calling out the South African government and the police service following the death of Elizabeth Moselakgomo, also known as Elizabeth Tsontso, a jogger whose body was discovered in Gauteng.

Moselakgomo’s death is linked to a string of women found murdered in the province, with investigators looking into the possibility that a serial killer may be responsible. Her case drew national outrage, and Dr Khanyile used her platform to give voice to what many South African women were feeling.

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In her video, Dr Khanyile described the painful irony of what happened. Women across the country share their locations, run in groups, stick to busy and well-lit routes, and take every safety measure they can think of. But the one day a woman steps out alone, even briefly, to honour her health and her training, that becomes the day she does not come home.

“You’re basically saying we can never make a mistake,” she said in the clip.

“Because if we make a mistake, we don’t pay for it with jail time or with an injury, we pay for it with our lives.”

Government and SAPS under fire

Dr Khanyile directed her frustration squarely at the South African Police Service and government officials who responded to Moselakgomo’s death by telling women to make safer choices. She argued that women have exhausted every option available to them and that the burden of prevention cannot continue to fall on victims.

“Find the money, find a way to make policing visible,” she said, urging SAPS to deter perpetrators rather than place responsibility on women to protect themselves.

In her caption, she extended her condolences to the family and friends of Elizabeth Moselakgomo and to anyone who has lost a woman to gender-based violence.

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Watch Dr Khanyile’s full video on Instagram below:

Mzansi speaks out

South Africans flooded the comments with grief and anger:

@binabinnz wrote:

“Mind you, that could have been her ‘safe’ route for years. She couldn’t have anticipated that on this day, on her very regular route, a man would not contain his urge to violate her.”

@palesadlamini_ said:

“They released giant police cars for Jacinta, yet for murder we are told to check ourselves out.”

@siphokazzi_ commented:

“The government had R600 million for the nationwide illegal immigrants protests, but they don’t have a plan for the vulnerable women and children.”

@zanelepotelwa wrote:

“This is what I was also saying. This was a woman just trying to look after health, and this is the result. I genuinely can’t believe this is our reality.”

@sine_gugulethu said:

“I’m fuming, yho.”

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• The family of 38-year-old Elizabeth 'Tsontso' Moselakgomo confirmed her identity at the Germiston Mortuary after she vanished during an evening run last week.
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Source: Briefly News