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The list of GBV victims cannot grow any longer: Lamola

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South Africa’s criminal justice system must be reorientated to allow victims of crime to see themselves at the centre, women to have faith in it and for justice to be tangible to victims.

Speaking at the same lecture, Human Sciences Research Council CEO Prof Olive Shisana said incidents of gender-based violence had substantially increased in recent years.

Shisana said violence directed at women within intimate relationships had been linked to various factors.

 

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