Violence Command Centre News Today

On 18 June 2020, Deputy Minister of Justice John Jeffery asked the Public Protector (then Busisiwe Mkhwebane) to investigate the administrative challenges faced by GBV victims in the criminal justice system.

Government has over the last 30 years made significant strides in improving the

Despite “bathtub killer” Yibanathi Ndema’s life sentence for the murder of his wife, Noluvuyo Nonkwelo-Ndema, her father is still angry with the police for the way they handled the case.Nonkwelo-Ndema, 34, vanished from her marital home in Vulindlela village in Zingqayi between Butterworth and Dutywa on July 1 2019, and two days later her husband reported her missing.

Victims of abuse can reach out for help discreetly and free of charge.

DA MP says NDA must also account for its failure in due diligence, as well as its failure to identify relevant CSOs

Gender commitments to end gender-based violence must be translated into budgetary commitments by applying a gendered perspective.

The Gender-Based Violence Command Centre, meant to provide psychosocial services to survivors of gender-based violence, is reportedly near collapse.

#NotInMyName is calling for an urgent investigation into the status of the Gender-Based Violence Command Centre and its procurement processes.

DA MPL says they have been left in the lurch with social workers being fired and no one to take their calls

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has reiterated that government remains committed