Policy to address violence against women on SA’s campuses to be introduced
The Department of Higher Education and Training is set to roll out the first policy on managing gender-based violence in institutions of higher learning. Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Buti Manamela told an imbizo on gender-based violence on Tuesday that the policy would be a comprehensive prevention‚ care and support programme to be adopted nationally. The imbizo was held at the Coastal KZN TVET College’s Umlazi V campus.The deputy minister‚ who started his address by observing a moment of silence for Zolile Khumalo‚ a Mangosuthu University of Technology student who was allegedly murdered by her former boyfriend at a university residence‚ as well as for Jabulile Nhlapo‚ a University of SA student who suffered the same fate.Both were killed in May."Let us take a moment of silence for countless young women who find themselves trapped in abusive relationships with no means of escape‚" Manamela said.He said the policy would provide universities and colleges with a set of...
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