‘If police don’t take violence against women seriously, we won’t win this war’
GBV experts weigh in after a woman was murdered just after her boyfriend was released on bail for threatening her
21 June 2022 - 19:39
The Limpopo case in which a man arrested for threatening to shoot his girlfriend was released within hours and went on to murder her is a clear indication police are failing to deal with gender-based violence (GBV)...
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