Can’t Be Business As Usual While African Women Are Being Violated – WEF Delegates

Riyaz Patel

Delegates attending the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA) are in agreement that it cannot be business as usual while African women are being raped and murdered.

African Monitor Director Namhla Mniki-Mangaliso, a panelist on a session discussing Eradicating violence against women, said: “I am dumbfounded by the fact that we can continue with business as usual as if the crisis that we are facing as a country is in fact not a crisis.”

Mniki-Mangaliso said the meeting, which is currently in its second day, has a powerful delegation of business leaders who have the influence to contribute their resources to fight the scourge.

“For me, two or three things stand at the top of my head. First, we have some of the most powerful global leaders here, particularly heads of business. Why is it that they have not come together and said ‘how can we address this