Ramaphosa on GBV: 'Their killers thought they could silence them but we will speak for them'
President Cyril Ramaphosa described the crimes committed against women and children as appalling in an address to the nation on Wednesday evening.SA finds itself in the midst of two devastating epidemics: the novel coronavirus — and the scourge of gender-based violence that has seen a number of women brutally killed over the past few weeks.
This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa who described the crimes committed against women and children as appalling in an address to the nation on Wednesday evening.He said the perpetrators of violence against women and children should receive sentences that fit the horrific crimes they commit.
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