Minister Pule commends Ilitha Labantu’s role in the fight against gender-based violence [SOUND]

# Minister of Social Development, Dina Pule, has commended the role of Ilitha Labantu in intensifying the fight against gender-based violence and femicide. The Cape Town-based non-profit organisation focuses on addressing violence against women and children and supporting victims. The department’s spokesperson, Sandy Godlwana, says that by classifying GBVF as a national disaster, the full power of the state must be deployed to crack down on violence perpetrated against women and girls: