The New Age reported this week the creation of a new Gender Violence Body by the Minister of of Women, Children, Youth and People with Disabilities to deal with the increasing number of cases of gender-based violence in South Africa. Syabonga Mkhwanazi reports:
The increase in cases of gender-based violence has prompted the Minister of Women, Children, Youth and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, to set up a new body to deal with the scourge.
Xingwana said that the institution would provide the necessary support structure for the government to help rescue the situation.
The minister said she would launch the National Council against Gender Based Violence in August.
