As the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children campaign draws to a close on Sunday, activists say the fight to curb the scourge is far from over. Despite the countrywide awareness campaign, women and children have still been raped and murdered during this period. “It’s a tragedy that at the very same area the programme was launched, women were raped,” Reverend Xolamzi Sam, who is the leader of the Eastern Cape Men’s Movement, told the Dispatch.
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