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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>As South Africa observes 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children, progress is being made to protect women and children from gender-based violence (GBV), according to President Cyril Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n

In his weekly newsletter, the president said that over just three months, more than 4 000 alleged perpetrators of gender-based violence and 410 alleged rapists were traced and arrested by the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences unit.<\/p>\n

In addition, the police and National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) processed more than 17 000 trial-ready GBV cases, he added.<\/p>\n

“Over the last few years, there has been a growing mobilisation of all sectors of society to stop the abuse of women and children.<\/p>\n

“There have been some areas of progress. The latest crime statistics show some of the successes of the criminal justice system in bringing perpetrators to book,” he said.<\/p>\n

Ramaphosa said the latest quarterly crime statistics showed a “nation at war with itself”.<\/p>\n

Between July and September, 989 women were murdered, 1 277 were victims of attempted murder, and more than 13 000 were victims of serious assault.<\/p>\n

During the same period, more than 10 000 rape cases were opened with the SAPS.<\/p>\n

In the six months to September 2022, more than 500 children were killed.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

“However, as a society, we are not powerless to stop these crimes. We can stop gender-based violence,” added Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n

He also said work needed to be done to prevent “men and boys from becoming abusers in the first place”.<\/p>\n

“It is men \u2013 as husbands and partners, as fathers, colleagues, peers and classmates \u2013 who need to consider their own attitudes towards women and girls.<\/p>\n

“To give meaning to 16 Days of Activism, we now need to engage the men of South Africa in a dialogue about their responsibility towards women and toxic masculinity. All of society should be mobilised to organise these men’s dialogues,” he said.<\/p>\n

The dialogues, said Ramaphosa, needed to create an understanding of sexual consent and challenge myths around rape.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

“The men of South Africa owe it to the women and children of this country to take up the struggle against gender-based violence,” he added.<\/p>\n

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