Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the province has made significant progress in implementing its 90-day intervention plan to address Gender-Based Violence and Femicide.
Lesufi says of the 67 directives identified across five priority areas, 21 have been completed, and 38 are underway. They include deploying over 1 000 response teams across 122 high-risk areas, strengthening ten police stations with high rape case numbers, and expanding support services for survivors.
Thirteen women were murdered between July and September across Ekurhuleni. Their bodies were found dumped in various areas, including Kempton Park, Tembisa, Springs and Kwa-Thema.
This prompted President Cyril Ramaphosa to issue a directive for urgent intervention to tackle the scourge of GBVF.
Briefing the media on Sunday morning, Lesufi said, “We also want to ensure that our systems are capable of responding soon if a case is pending or we need to check and trace those that are responsible. We want to take this opportunity to thank all our municipalities that have been participating in this task since the president made this announcement. We also want to thank national government ministers.”
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