ANC Women's League urges stricter food safety measures
The African National Congress Women's League is demanding stricter measures to protect children from foodborne illnesses.
The league's Secretary General Nokuthula Nqaba addressed the media on various issues in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
"Defend our children from foodborne illnesses where the province of Gauteng this year has had almost 30 fatalities of children who consumed snacks and food from unregulated spaza shops and vendors."
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On gender-based violence, she proposed introducing legal reforms to increase protection for women and girls.
"We demand among other things strict no bail measures for the courts, mandatory training of police and judicial officials handle GBV [gender-based violence] cases sensitively, stricter gun control measures."
Members of the organisation are set to march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Friday to hand over a memorandum of demands to President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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