No bail for GBV and femicide offenders, says Lamola

'Amendment Act will tighten rules' — justice minister

Nomazima Nkosi Senior reporter

National Director of Public Prosecutions Adv Shamila Batohi says the country can’t prosecute its way out of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF).

“We have to ensure we’re proactive, we look at the root causes and why men of this country are waging this war against our children in terms of preventing it. The NPA does not investigate. We can only look at the role of the NPA from the role of the prosecutions...

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