ADDRESS TO THE NATION BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA. SEPTEMBER 5 2019Over the past few days, our country has been deeply traumatised by acts of extreme violence perpetrated by men against women and children.
Women have every right to expect that they be free from harassment and violence on the streets, in schools and campuses, on buses, taxis and trains, at places of work and worship, and in their homes.The collective anger, the pain and the fear that these killings have caused must strengthen our resolve to end all forms of violence and abuse perpetrated by men against women.
We have established 92 dedicated Sexual Offences Courts since 2013, with a further 11 to be opened this financial year to improve conviction rates and provide comprehensive and appropriate support services to ensure survivors of sexual offences are not subject to further trauma.We are going to overhaul and modernise the national register of gender-based violence offenders provided for in the Sexual Offences Act to ensure it is effective in combating gender-based violence.
We will strengthen the emergency teams at a provincial level – which bring together the police, social development, health, justice and education – to continue providing rapid and comprehensive responses to all forms of violence against women. We will implement a national multi-faceted plan to prevent gender-based violence through school programmes, community initiatives and workplace policies.
As I speak to you, the debris of several days of violence and looting continues to litter many of the streets of our country.Families have been traumatised. Livelihoods have been destroyed. Equally, there is no justification for the looting and destruction of businesses owned by South Africans.We worked together to destroy apartheid and overcome the divisions it created, where we feared each other and our differences were exploited.
The violence has largely subsided and police have increased reinforcements and visibility in priority areas to ensure the safety of all within South African borders.Since Sunday, 423 people have been arrested for violence-related offences in Gauteng and 21 suspects have been arrested in relation to truck violence in KwaZulu-Natal.
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