ANCWL LEADS ANTI-FEMICIDE PROTEST IN CT

Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN

The spate of reports on women and children violence remain un-stoppable until this far, while government is paving the ways to end the problem of gender based violence and abuse ANCWL have voiced how they face the challenge, According EWN, fellows of the Africa National Congress Women’s League in Khayelitsha has handed letter appealing government for urgent serious accomplishment. A group of members congregated front of courthouse in Khayelitsha held up placards ‘Not in My Name’ and ‘No Means No’

In past two weeks the has been many cases of rape, murderer and kidnaping across the country, and the one UCT student that went viral. Following such saddening incidents caused demonstrations in SA, the women’s league says seeing the country becoming more dangerous for them and children required court to take stricter action against perpetrators

Lumka Tamboer quoted, ‘They don’t want to take the law into their hands but if government does nothing, people will be forced to take law into their own hands, ‘According to the report, they also went to a nearby women’s house whom lost her life over the weekend

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Mandlenkosi Mde