The brutal death of a former Monifieth grandmother has inspired a new campaign to cut violent crime in South Africa.
Sandra Malcolm has been included in a bleak list of “fallen angels” by pressure group SA Women Fight Back, which could be the catalyst for change in the country.
Mrs Malcolm, 74, was also remembered during a silent vigil and display of solidarity which was held in Cape Town for “women and children that were taken from us too soon, by acts of violence”.
Cindy September from SA Women Fight Back said she was prompted to put together the list because tragic stories are told in isolation and names are forgotten.
She said: “It’s a bleak list but a powerful one, silent with the names of those sisters and daughters, wives and kids who were brutally murdered.
“We are all the same, even when we are different, and for that purpose, must we unite and speak up and say enough is enough.
“I have a sister, three nieces and and my mom is 75 years old.
“I fear for their safety every day so this is close to my heart.”
Mrs Malcolm was hacked to death by Sheree Prince, 22, who had broken into her Cape Town home in April 2015.
Mrs Malcolm had taken pity on Prince, who had injured her foot, and rather than call the police, gave her tea and toast and treated her wounds.
When she suggested calling an ambulance, Prince snapped and stabbed Mrs Malcolm 24 times in the throat, lungs, heart and other vital organs.
Prince, who was a heavy crystal methamphetamine user, dubbed The Lakeside Butcher, then beheaded and dismembered Mrs Malcolm using an axe before dumping her body parts in a wheelie bin.
Mrs Malcolm’s body was discovered by her grandson, Scott Malcolm.
Prince was sentenced to life imprisonment in June 2018 and will have to serve 25 years before she can apply for parole.
Mrs Malcolm and husband Allan, originally from Dundee, emigrated to South Africa when her two daughters Alison and Susan were teenagers in 1981.
Mr Malcolm, 74, died in 2015 three weeks before a family trip back to Scotland.
Mrs Malcolm scattered his ashes on the beach at Newport, Fife, on what would have been their 50th wedding anniversary.
Daughter Alison promised her mum she would take her on the same final journey when she passed away, and scattered her ashes, during a break in court proceedings.
SA Women Fight Back stand united against violent crime against women and children, against bail for those accused of violent crime, repeat offenders of violent crime and harsher sentencing for those convicted of violent crime.
