Safety of women and children requires action from all of society
2 September 2019
Today, South Africa has been rocked by numerous reports of devasting violence against women and children as well as the kidnapping of a six-year-old. The brutal reality is that these kinds of incidents happen every single day.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) offers our deepest and heartfelt condolences to the families of UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana, who was found raped and murdered; to the family of 14-year-old Janika Mallo who was also found raped and murdered in her grandmother’s back yard; and to the family of boxing champion Leighandre "Baby Lee" Jegels, who was murdered this weekend by her estranged boyfriend who was also a police officer.
We are also keeping the family of six-year-old Amy-Lee de Jager in our thoughts and wish that she will be returned safely.
As the DA, we are both angered and saddened by the all too many reports of gender-based violence and leaflets of missing women and children.