Ramaphosa approves changes to three bills to 'strengthen fight against GBV'

President Cyril Ramaphosa approved changes to three bills which will further protect victims of gender based violence and make it more difficult for perpetrators to escape justice. File imagePresident Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday signed into law legislation aimed at strengthening efforts to end gender-based violence, saying that they spoke to a victim-centred focus on combating such criminal acts.

“In particular, the amended legislation includes new definitions, such as 'controlling behaviour' and 'coercive behaviour', and expands existing definitions, such as 'domestic violence', to include spiritual abuse, elder abuse, coercive behaviour, controlling behaviour, and/or exposing/subjecting children to certain listed behaviours,” the presidency said.

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