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Ramaphosa calls for urgent parliament sitting to deal with gender-based violence

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Ramaphosa told parliament's two presiding officers that the manner in which the country dealt with violence against women had 'changed fundamentally' in the past fortnight.

In letter send to National Assembly speaker Thandi Modise and NCOP chairperson Amos Masondo on Thursday, seen by TimesLIVE, Ramaphosa said the urgent sitting of parliament has been convened in terms of section 84 of the constitution.

He said the events of the past two weeks, in which scores of women died at the hands of men purporting to love them, while others were killed and raped at government service points, should be treated as"a turning point" in the battle against violence against women.released by the SA Police Service on Thursday showed that sexual offense had increased by 4.6% in the 2018/2019 financial year.

 

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