Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu called for tighter coordination across government and civil society as he opened the first sitting of the province’s new council on gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) in Mbombela on Thursday.

The premier warned that failure to act decisively would undermine rights protections.

“GBVF was declared by President Cyril Ramaphosa as the second pandemic. This declaration is a testament to the severity of the situation we find ourselves in.

“The President recognised that GBVF has reached intolerable levels, impacting individuals across all demographics and eroding the very fabric of our society,” said the Premier.

“This declared second pandemic has further been regarded as a global scourge. It is for this reason that it is one of the burning topics at the G20 summit here in our country.”

The G20’s Empowerment of Women Working Group (EWWG), which has made tackling gender-based violence and femicide

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