Members of the KZN legislature denounce the killing of women
Lawmakers have been urged to conduct oversight visits to police stations.
Members of the KwaZulu-Natal legislature have strongly condemned the heinous crime of killing women in South Africa and called for more decisive action to combat this epidemic. The urgent plea for stronger measures was made as the nation mourns the discovery of multiple murdered women in Johannesburg’s East Rand. During a parliamentary discussion, Democratic Alliance (DA) Member of the Legislature Hannah Lidgett expressed that merely advising women to limit their activities is insufficient while the perpetrators continue unpunished.
Lidgett urged both genders to unite in the fight against violence against women, urging lawmakers to conduct regular inspections at police stations to ensure gender-based violence and femicide cases are treated with utmost seriousness. Lidgett emphasized that this is a call to action for the members of the legislature, as they are the leaders who must rise and take action against the daily occurrences of gender-based violence and femicide in the country.
She highlighted that it is not only an issue in Kempton Park but right at their doorstep in KwaZulu-Natal, where the city is known as the "rape capital" of South Africa. Lidgett firmly stated that the situation cannot be allowed to continue as usual.
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