Sonia Sedibe pays tribute to her friend Karabo Mokoena
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Sonia Sedibe pays tribute to her friend Karabo Mokoena

Updated | By Tamlyn Canham

Sonia Sedibe has joined several celebrities in paying tribute to "queen" Karabo Mokoena. 

Celebrities pay tribute to Karabo Mokoena
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The murder of Karabo Mokoena has sent shockwaves through South Africa, with thousands of people taking to social media to remember her.

One of those people was actress Sonia Sedibe, who knew Karabo personally. 

She struggled to hold back her tears when she spoke about Karabo during an appearance on 'Trending SA'.

Police revealed on Thursday that the body they found in a park in Lyndhurst, Johannesburg on April 29 is believed to be Karabo.

The part-time student went missing on April 28, and her family and friends spent weeks pleading for help in finding her.

But hope turned to heartbreak on Thursday when news of her horrific death surfaced. 

A suspect, believed to be her ex-boyfriend, appeared in court on Friday for her murder. 

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Sonia described Karabo as an "amazing soul" in an Instagram post. When the hosts of 'Trending SA' questioned her about the post, Sonia revealed that she knew Karabo personally.

"It's a tough one, I don't know how I..." she said while trying to hold back tears.

"I promised myself that I'm gonna be strong. There's friends of ours that are watching, they made me promise to hold it together. We prayed together with Karabo. We attended a prayer meeting… every Tuesday called kings and queens, hence she is a fellow queen," she said.

Sonia also shared a picture of Karabo on Instagram, with a touching message. 

"If you met her...spent time with her you would know what an amazing soul she was...a smile that captivated...a spirit that soared...a mind that's deep...a God fearing God loving person!!! Rest In Peace dear QUEEN #RIPKARABO," she captioned the image.

Several other celebrities have paid tribute to Karabo too.

RIP My Love 😔😔😔😔 @kayfab_27

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Rapper Cassper Nyovest shared his last chat with Karabo.

While Khaya Dlanga got people talking about domestic violence in SA. 

This is Karabo. She was found dead after she had been missing for two weeks. Her body had been burnt too. She was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend. She won't be the only woman to have died at the hands of her partner whether it was two weeks ago, a week ago or a day ago because 50% of murdered women are killed by someone they have an intimate relationship with. This makes her one of the women who are killed every 8 hours; meaning South Africa has the highest rate of women murdered by their partner in the world. Femicide, murder of women by an intimate partner, is the leading cause of murder of women. Woman are least safe with those they are intimate with. In fact, 50% of women have reported being abused by their partner. That's one in two. The woman next to you now is either being abused or has been abused. We have to admit that as men we are the violence that women face everyday and stop this defensive, "But I don't do it." The structure of society is also at the core. When a woman is being abused by her husband, the advise she gets from family is, "Nyamezela." Nyamezela until what? Murder? When a woman reports abuse she has to go to a police station. She mostly has to report her case to a man. A man who might refuse to open a case and tell her to resolve issues with her man. Station commanders are men. Judges are men. Lawmakers are men. Some of them are themselves abusive and see it as a family issue and not a legal one. How are women to feel safe when the structures themselves are set up the way they are? When women are beaten, people also ask, "What did you do?" Basically she deserved it somehow because he would not do it without reason. Promotion of violence against women. If she is raped, "Why was she dressed like that?" "Why was she drunk?" "Why did she go there?" Is it any wonder then that so many woman keep the violence against themselves to themselves because we blame them? Why do we shame the victim? Victim shaming needs to stop immediately.

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