ANCWL Western Cape wants GBV to be declared a national disaster [SOUND]

# The ANC Women’s League in the Western Cape is calling for the government of national unity to declare gender-based violence a national disaster. The members marched to Parliament on Wednesday, joining nationwide protests triggered by the rape of a young girl in the Eastern Cape last October. The league’s provincial treasurer, Lumka Tamboer, told the SABC that stronger measures are needed to protect women and children: