Head Topics

Ramaphosa says their names as he addresses SA's 'other pandemic' gender-based violence

  • 📰 IOL
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 34 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 17%
  • Publisher: 51%

South Africa Headlines News

In one of his strongest speeches against gender-based violence yet, President Cyril Ramaphosa said as a father and a husband he was appalled at the war being waged against women and children. SAYHERNAME DontLookAway

Durban - President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the public to stand together against gender-based violence.

After highlighting which parts of the economy would be further opened, Ramaphosa honed in on GBV, which he called "another pandemic" facing the country. "Their killers thought they could silence them. But we will not forget them and we will speak for them where they cannot. We will speak for Tshegofatso Pule, Naledi Phangindawo, Nompumelelo Tshaka, Nomfazi Gabada, Nwabisa Mgwandela, Altecia Kortjie and Lindelwa Peni, all young women who were killed by men.

He announced that launch of a National Strategic Plan which will guide the country's fight against GBV. He said 13 regional courts have been upgraded into sexual offences courts.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 46. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

President Chris Nenzani aware suspended CEO Thabang Moroe could take Cricket SA to courtCricket SA's (CSA) outgoing president Chris Nenzani is aware that suspended chief executive officer Thabang Moroe could take the organisation to court due to the manner in which the process was handled.
Source: SowetanLIVE - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »

SA must stop pretending it knows what the Fourth Industrial Revolution is all aboutWhen this year began we all had resolutions and plans on how we would make this calendar year count and our students had another year of school to tackle so they may one day graduate. I should never say this--but back in the Apartheid Days powers took RSA seriously cos we had Nuclear Capability.Our Race Relations were an absolute dream compared to USA,China,Russia(and many more)
Source: SowetanLIVE - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »

WATCH: The dire warning the World Bank has for SAEfficient Group economist Dawie Roodt talks to Business Day TV about SA’s economic outlook
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »

Time for the youth of SA to make their presence known | CitypressVoices | It is now time for the youth in their organised interests groups, scholarly activists, advocates for minorities to refine their thoughts and action plans to make their presence known and lasting post-Covid-19.
Source: City_Press - 🏆 7. / 72 Read more »

COVID-19: SA reports 88 new deathsThere are 88 new COVID-19 related deaths: 73 from Western Cape, 9 from the Eastern Cape, and 6 from Gauteng Province. Good day I know it's not easy to ask please help out with food voucher please I'm hungry 😭😭😭😭 I'm not asking for money. My contacts are 0815472978. it's though please don't judge. Thank you for your time and God bless you. Oh My God our death rates is slowly but surely increasing while people are fighting for alcohol and tobacco sales 💔 32 098 active cases
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »

#Youthday2020: SA honours the 1976 braveThe class of 1976 were honoured on June 16.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »