AUGUST GIMMICKS WON’T STOP VIOLENCE

Women activists believe that Women’s Month will remain meaningless in South Africa as long as it is marked by speeches against femicide and gender-based violence without any real accompanying action.

South Africa has high rates of reported femicide and sexual assault. In the most recent release of crime statistics before Parliament, the SA Police Service revealed that, during the reporting period from April last year to March this year, there were 53 293 reported sexual offences including rape,