Fund the fight! Show us the money – GBV activists

Government accused of only paying lip service to violence

Nomazima Nkosi Senior reporter

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s efforts to deal with the scourge of gender-based violence (GBV) are all talk with no action, say anti-GBV activists.

Yesterday, Ramaphosa and women, youth and persons with disabilities minister Maite Nkoane-Mashabane faced a tough crowd during the two-day Presidential Summit on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide in Midrand as non-profit organisations told the delegation, which included police minister Bheki Cele, that they were tired of government’s lip service...

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