Forum calls for legal reforms to close gender-based-violence loopholes [SOUND]

# Forum for South Africa says president Ramaphosa’s address on gender-based-violence offers little new, though it welcomes commitments. The group’s Tebogo Mashilompane says South Africans heard promises before while women continue to die. He calls for decisive action to close legal loopholes, prioritise law reform, strengthen enforcement and ensure perpetrators face consequences. Mashilompane urged public awareness to encourage early reporting of rape, threats and abuse and stronger protection orders: