COSATU welcomes Ramaphosa’s GBVF interventions but warns against delays [SOUND]

# Union federation COSATU has welcomed president Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of further interventions to tackle gender-based violence and femicide. The president outlined a multi-disciplinary national strategy which will involve a coordinated fact-finding mission including a full count of the backlog related to GBVF cases countrywide. COSATU’s Matthew Parks says the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement must provide police, the judiciary and the National Prosecuting Authority with the resources needed to tackle gender-based violence and femicide: