The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it has decided to review as a matter of urgency the decision to provisionally withdraw the charges against a man accused of murdering a Khayelitsha woman.

According to IOL, Sibongiseni Gabada, 36, had been missing for two weeks before her body was found decomposing in a black bag at the end of May.

In a statement on Saturday, President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned a "surge in murders of women and children", since the country entered alert Level 3 of the Covid-19 lockdown on 1 June.

The president said that, despite Gabada's boyfriend allegedly confessing to the murder, the case against him was dropped, reportedly due to a lack of evidence.

In a statement on Saturday, the NPA said it had decided to review the decision to provisionally withdraw the charges against the suspect as a matter of urgency.