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A total of R1.6 billion has been allocated for the implementation of the Emergency Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF), which outlines intervention areas that can be implemented in the next six months.
South African Government, Twitter MPs have criticised the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities in the Presidency because of the high levels of gender-based violence. Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said the department was committed to eradicating GBV. She claimed that South Africa's policies were lauded overseas. Opposition MPs questioned the reason for a Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities in the Presidency in the light of the high prevalence of gender-based violence in South Africa. But, according to Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Pe...
defenceWeb Written by SANews - 114 Demonstrators gather outside the Cape Town International Convention Centre during a protest against gender based violence. - Reuters President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his sincere appreciation to the private sector for the R128 million pledge by companies and organised business to help fight the scourge of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) in South Africa. The amount was raised during the launch of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Response Fund 1 aimed at supporting the implementation of the National Strategic Plan (NSP), and the wider...