ANC wants to fast-track harsher sentences for gender violence offenders
09 September 2019 - 18:22
The ANC says it will work with other political parties in parliament to expedite laws that impose harsher sentences for all violent crimes against women and children.
The increasing rate of rape and femicide in SA has come under sharp scrutiny in recent weeks following the murder and rape of Uyinene Mrwetyana, a University of Cape Town student, and the murder of a young female boxing champion, Leighandre “Baby Lee” Jegels...
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