Anti-gender-based violence organisation Wise4Afrika has called on president Cyril Ramaphosa to take action against finance minister Enoch Godongwana regarding sexual assault allegations levelled against him.
"The ministry of finance’s participation in the planned summit is crucial and critical in ensuring appropriate funding levels for the national strategic plan on GBVF and it can only do so with a political head that fully appreciates that sexual harassment, violation and assault is not complimentary, it is not humorous or unavoidable but that it is a form of violence and abuse of power; this power should not be a gift of protection to the privileged,’’ said Madumise-Pajibo.
"Minister Godongwana’s denials and minimisation of sexual violence carry more cultural capital than the voice and the account of the abused woman in this case. We cannot accelerate and amplify gender violence interventions and strategies to end the scourge if we are selective in our outrage based on who the alleged perpetrator of the violence is,’’ she said.
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