By Thapelo Molefe
In an effort to deal with the escalating crisis of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF), the government has launched a 90-day national acceleration programme aimed at delivering real and measurable results.
The initiative was announced on Wednesday following a special sitting of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) cluster.
The meeting, convened under the leadership of JCPS cluster co-chairs, Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi and Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, was aimed at responding to GBVF, which President Cyril Ramaphosa recently described as the “second pandemic”.
The meeting culminated in the adoption of a government-wide blitz to “crush GBVF” through urgent and coordinated action.
“This 90-day blitz marks not only a declaration of intent but the beginning of a coordinated, government-wide campaign to end GBVF,” the cluster said in a statement.
One of the resolutions is the urgent reconstitution of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on
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