4m ago
Ramaphosa: Through the reprioritisation of resources, we were able to allocate around R1.6 billion to implement the Emergency Response Plan. Working with our partners and civil society, we have managed to improve access to justice for victims and survivors and have improved our capacity to investigate and prosecute GBV perpetrators.
6m ago
The National Strategic Plan recognises that the struggle against gender-based violence and femicide requires collective, cohesive and strategic leadership.
8m ago
President #Ramaphosa: The struggle to end gender-based violence and femicide succeed only if society as a whole is mobilised and organised behind a common programme of action.
#GBVF #EnoughIsEnough— Presidency | South Africa ???? (@PresidencyZA) August 27, 2020
8m ago
Ramaphosa: Following the Presidential Summit against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide in November 2018, and after an extensive consultation process, a National Strategic Plan was adopted by Cabinet. The implementation of the Plan began on 1 May 2020.
13m ago
Ramaphosa: The struggle to end GBV and femicide can only succeed if society as a whole is mobilised and organised behind a common programme of action.
21m ago
Before the point of order, Ramaphosa had started on the podium:
I’d like to pay my humble respect to those MPs, our colleagues, who have passed away in the last few weeks. We offer their families, friends and colleagues our condolences.
We also do the same to the thousands of our compatriots who have passed away from Covid-19 and other related causes.
23m ago
EFF raises a point of order as some members of the party are “not in the house (virtually)”, yet. Speaker Thandi Modise says MPs continue to get onto the virtual platform, and so the business of the day can continue while other MPs are being “loaded onto the platform”.
27m ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa is present in the National Assembly this afternoon. There are some MPs present as well, while some are logged in virtually.
34m ago
Ramaphosa to answer questions in Parliament on Thursday
Amid public frustration about his administration’s Covid-19 related corruption, President Cyril Ramaphosa will answer questions in the National Assembly.
34m ago
President @CyrilRamaphosa will today, during a virtual reply to oral questions, brief the National Assembly on among others government’s fight against gender-based violence and femicide and the combating of corruption in the public and private sectors. https://t.co/i9GO1TRkxg
— Presidency | South Africa ???? (@PresidencyZA) August 27, 2020
