‘We Have Lost Our Way’ Says Ramaphosa Launching Annual 16 Day Women & Children Campaign

Riyaz Patel

The violence against women and children is a “great shame” and goes against “our African values and everything we stand for as a people,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said launching the ’16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children’ in Limpopo Monday.

The President, after paying homage to victims of the GBV scourge, unpacked government’s R1.6 billion Emergency Action Plan to tackle gender-based violence.

“It focuses on improving access to justice for survivors, prevention campaigns to change attitudes and behaviour, measures to strengthen the criminal justice system, and the creation of economic opportunities for women who are vulnerable to abuse.”

“As I stand before you, I invoke the memories of the many women and girls in this province and throughout the country who have suffered from the brutality of men,” Ramaphosa said.

The president also visited a Victim Support Centre at the Witpoort Police Station in