# ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba described the death of the four-year-old Eldorado Park girl, Nikita, allegedly abused by her father, as a stark example of South Africa’s gender-based violence crisis. Both parents abandoned bail yesterday. Speaking at the funeral in Johannesburg, Mashaba warned that without ethical leadership and urgent action, the country risks losing more children to abuse. He called for united action to confront the pandemic:
Mashaba terms death of 4-year-old Eldorado Park girl a grim reflection of GBV pandemic [SOUND]
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