President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government has repeatedly said it is making the eradication of gender-based violence (GBV) a priority. But as the recent presidential summit showed, the gap between promises and implementation is still vast.
Nearly four years after the introduction of the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill into Parliament in April 2018, Parliament held the first public hearings on the bill on Tuesday. Nearly four years after the introduction of the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes a.