Some parties have called for the death penalty and chemical castration as tough measures to clamp down on gender-based violence and femicide
The parties were reacting to a growing number of GBVF cases that had been reported since the start of Covid-19 lockdown earlier this year. The ANC Women's League in KwaZulu-Natal said in a statement that two women were recently raped and killed in the province.
“We are saying that if the ANC believes that it is still representing the will of the people, let the voice of the people be heard. Let people say whether or not the death penalty must be reintroduced. The death penalty can be a deterrence because whatever punishment or sentences that are being meted out against perpetrators are not helping,” said UDM secretary-general Bongani Msomi.
IFP spokesperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa said the government had adopted various IFP interventions and proposals to fight GBVF. But he did not reveal those party proposals.
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