No sign of national GBV femicide council

Three years after President Cyril Ramaphosa held a summit on GBV and femicide, a promised national council has still not been convened.

The president set aside R1.6-billion for the implementation of the national strategic plan for GBV.

But gender-based violence is going nowhere, as recent crime statistics show.

Over 10,000 rapes were reported between the beginning of April and the end of June this year.

The United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women says the South African government has failed to protect women appropriately.

Source: eNCA

In other news – EXPOSED: Khanyi Mbau’s boyfriend Kudzai Mushonga is a drug dealer?

Khanyi Mbau’s boyfriend Terrence Kudzai Mushonga is being investigated by the police for dealing in drugs.

Mushonga, whose South African name is Dick Lefa Nzula, and who carries a smart ID card and a driver’s licence bearing those names, was nabbed by the police in Sandton on August 28 2019, but released when he appeared in court after the case was struck off the roll for further investigation. Learn More