Violence against women a stain on the country's conscience: Ramaphosa
Updated | By ECR Newswatch
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the violent attacks on South African women are a stain on the country's conscience.
He says this is a very dark period for the country.
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We express our deep pain, support, solidarity and love to the families, friends and loved ones of all those who have lost their lives in the last month (Uyinene Mrwetyana, Leighandre Jegels, Nolunde Vumsindo, Meghan Cremer, Jesse Hess to mention but a few). pic.twitter.com/PkWfO1NoYD
— Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 (@CyrilRamaphosa) September 3, 2019
Meanwhile, Ramaphosa has commended the country’s law enforcement authorities for arresting two suspects linked to the deaths of Mrwetyana and Jegels.
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Mrwetyana’s alleged killer was arrested and charged with rape, murder and defeating the ends of justice. The man suspected of killing Jegels was also arrested, but has since died in hospital."The murder of these two young women, one at the hands of a stranger and the other killed by a man who was reportedly her boyfriend, remain a stark reminder that the women of South Africa are not safe, either in their homes or in the streets," read the Presidency's statement.
“This is a very dark period for us as a country. The assaults, rapes and murders of South African women are a stain on our national conscience.”
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Ramaphosa said the country should be hanging its head in shame.Â
"We have just commemorated Women’s Month. 63 years after the women of 1956 marched for the right to live in freedom, women in this country live in fear, not of the apartheid police but of their brothers, sons, fathers and uncles."
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