In an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, Mantoa Malema accepted his apology and called for an urgent plan to stem gender-based violence and ensure that women are safe in public and private.
Cape Town - Mantoa Malema, the wife of Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema, on Friday called for an urgent plan to stem gender-based violence and ensure that women are safe in public and private.
Malema made the call in an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa in which she accepted his apology for the allegations of domestic violence directed at her husband this week in Parliament by ANC MP Boy Mamabolo but deplored her family being dragged into an extraordinary political slinging match in this manner.
"I write to acknowledge and confirm acceptance of your apology, on behalf of myself, my husband and my children. I also want to assure you that I am willing to put this matter aside and dismiss it as a thing of the past," she wrote. "Having said this, Mr. President, it is important to place on record that in a country where women continue to wear black outfits, either mourning the death of their girl children or in solidarity with women who are victims of gender-based violence, Parliament should never be used to humiliate women, particularly using false and malicious accusations."
She termed the exchange "toxic" and an insult to all women, especially victims of violence perpetrated by men.
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