Faizel Patel – 15/06/2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is deeply disturbed by the recent spate in the murders women in the country at the hands of men calling them shocking acts of inhumanity that have no place in society.
Ramaphosa was addressing the nation in his weekly newsletter on Monday.
The president says youth-led civic activism, awareness raising and peer counselling are vital tools in the efforts to eradicate gender-based violence from society.
Ramaphosa says the justice system must be strengthened to ensure that perpetrators are brought to book, bail and parole conditions are tightened and that those sentenced to life spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
“While this needs society-wide action. Unless we end the war that is being waged against South African women, the dream of a new society will remain elusive.”
Ramaohosa has also called on men to take up the struggle against gender-based violence.
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