Ramaphosa to address the nation on measures to confront gender-based violence and femicide [SOUND]

# President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will address the nation in a few days on the steps government is taking to confront gender-based violence and femicide. He will also provide an update on the investigation into the killings of nine women in and around Ekurhuleni. The president announced this at the National Heritage Day celebrations at the Bongolethu Sports Stadium in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape yesterday. Ramaphosa said the pain and suffering that the women of South Africa have been put through stands out as a national shame: