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South Africa declares gender violence a national disaster after protests (www.bbc.com)
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Fifteen women are killed every day in a country with one of the highest rates of gender violence in the world.

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[-] rimu@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago

The categorisation allows government departments to use their allocated budgets to "implement every measure possible" to reduce the scourge, the cooperative governance ministry told the BBC.

If these measures fail to bring change, the government can then declare a national state of disaster which would allow for the issue to be treated with even more urgency.

this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2025
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