AZAPO calls on government to address abuse against women and children [SOUND]

# The Azanian People’s Organisation says the scourge of child rape in South Africa lays bare the systemic neglect and structural violence endured against the most vulnerable. It is calling for government to implement more sustainable measures to protect women and children. AZAPO’s spokesperson, Jabu Rakwena, says South Africans must confront this crisis not only as a societal failure but as a deliberate byproduct of a state that has abandoned its most vulnerable citizens: