‘Jail them for life’: Cyril vows to get tough on gender-based violence

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‘Jail them for life’: Ramaphosa vows to get tough on gender-based violence

After thousands marched to demand that he act, Ramaphosa told the nation the government would overhaul and modernise the national sex-offender register and he would ask parliament to consider amending the legislation to make the register public.

 

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