The canal in Gugulethu where the body of a naked woman was found yesterday is becoming a dumping ground for these kinds of crimes.

Local Community Policing Forum Secretary, Nokwanda Mkongi says that there have been at least three cases of bodies being found dumped at the canal on the corners of NY44 and NY45 over the past few months.

Mkongi was speaking as residents made the grim discovery of the 40-year-old woman’s body yesterday morning.

Her clothes were reportedly found scattered near the scene.

Mkongi says that there has been an increase in crime in Gugulethu, with cases of gender-based violence also becoming more apparent.