President Cyril Ramaphosa recently launched a private sector-led, multi-sectoral Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Response Fund is intended to expand on the government s work in fighting GBVF in the country. File Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency (ANA)
âWe should all hang our heads in shame that we have to launch a fund for GBVâ
By Lesego Makgatho
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Johannesburg - President Cyril Ramaphosa this week launched a private sector-led, multi-sectoral Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Response Fund 1 aimed at supporting the implementation of the National Strategic Plan (NSP) and the wider GBVF response in the country.
Ramaphosa said the launch was to fulfil a promise made to women and children in the country â to end the violence against them.
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Former Bryanston High School coach pleads not guilty to sexual abuse of pupil The former Bryanston High sports coach submitted his plea at the Alexandra magistrate s court.
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A former sports coach of Bryanston High School who is accused of sexually molesting a pupil pleaded not guilty to the charge on Monday. He submitted his plea in the Alexandra magistrate’s court after his case was postponed 14 times.
This comes after he failed to have the director of public prosecutions (DPP) throw the case out of court.
Disciplinary hearings held by the school in 2019 alluded to there being three victims, but only one lodged a criminal case against the former coach. He was dismissed by the school after an internal hearing on allegations of sexual assault and financial mismanagement.