Imogen Vollenhoven
11
April 2013
The Minister of Women, Children and People
with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, met with SAFA President, Kirsten Nematandani.
The
meeting was part of government’s commitment to mobilise different sectors of
society in the fight against the scourge of violence against women and children
in our country.
Both
parties said there is a need to eliminate this scourge.
Ministerial Spokesperson Cornelius Monama
said both parties have acknowledged despite South Africa ’s constitutional and
legislative protection violence based on gender remains unacceptably high and that
more needs to be done to fight it.
Monama added that they said the current
spate of gender based violence and the brutality with which it is done is a
matter of great concern to all South Africans as well as the painful reminder
for the disregard for human life and the right of women and children.
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