Gender-based violence and femicide declared national disaster, but with caveats

Daily Maverick | 21.11.2025 22:17
On 21 November 2025, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, welcomed the decision by the head of the National Disaster Management Centre, Dr Bongani Sithole, to classify GBVF as a national disaster in terms of Section 23 of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002). The centre “has concluded that GBVF now meets the threshold of a potential disaster as defined in the act”.
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