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Liezl van der Merwe, chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and People with Disabilities says the declaration of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) as a national disaster in 2025 gave citizens false hope. She and other MPs are now calling on the government to reclassify GBVF using the section of the Disaster Management Act that unlocks emergency funding from the National Treasury..
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MPs call for real funding to back GBVF disaster declaration

MPs are calling on the government to reclassify gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) as a national disaster, this time using the section of the Disaster Management Act which…

  • Andisiwe Makinana
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