{"id":6900,"date":"2022-02-16T05:37:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T05:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasidaily.co.za\/?p=6900"},"modified":"2022-02-16T05:37:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T05:37:43","slug":"gbv-is-a-major-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news365.ng\/gbv-is-a-major-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"GBV is a major problem in the Western Cape, says Alan Winde"},"content":{"rendered":"

While delivering his State of the Province address in Velddrif on Tuesday, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde<\/strong><\/span><\/a> placed emphasis on gender-based violence being a \u201cmajor problem\u201d in the province.<\/p>\n

He said urgent attention was needed to battle the scourge in the country and province. Winde made reference to the sexual misconduct allegations against community safety MEC Albert Fritz. The suspended MEC allegedly groomed young women in his office. He was suspended last month, after complainants came forward with affidavits.<\/p>\n

Winde appointed an independent investigator to look into the allegations against Fritz who also served as MEC for social development. Following his suspension, Fritz, who served as the DA\u2019s provincial leader, was suspended.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, in my own cabinet, allegations of this nature have been made against MEC Albert Fritz. I have, therefore, suspended the MEC and instituted an Independent investigation by advocate Jennifer Williams, which is currently under way to determine the veracity of the allegations. I hope to receive this report soon, so that I can consider what action is needed in terms of my own powers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is without a doubt that gender-based violence is a major problem in our province and in our country. It requires our urgent attention. What lies behind it is a culture of violence and of treating people as if they were objects, and not human beings. It not only creates immense harm, but it also takes away a person\u2019s sense of empowerment and agency, undermining their ability to chart their own course and to live a full and rewarding life,\u201d Winde said.<\/p>\n

The premier committed to playing his part in the fight against GBV, by ensuring that his government did more to end the scourge.<\/p>\n

Source: News365<\/strong><\/p>\n

In other news – Uzalo\u2019s pastor Mbatha and Babekazi caught half-n@ked<\/span><\/h3>\n

So yesterday, Nkunzi and Gabisile gave Sibonelo praises for his achievement with Bhebhe distillery. It would have been an excellent achievement for all if Sbu wasn\u2019t involved. I mean at all!<\/p>\n

\"Mbatha<\/a><\/p>\n

Pastor Gwala<\/a><\/strong> is unimpressed with all that he is on his mission to get Sibonelo in prison. Nkunzi senses the tension between his sons and tries to break the ice by asking to take some pictures with the two of them. Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While delivering his State of the Province address in Velddrif on Tuesday, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde placed emphasis on gender-based violence being a \u201cmajor problem\u201d in the province. He said urgent attention was needed to battle the scourge in the country and province. Winde made reference to the sexual misconduct allegations against community safety […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4064,4925,4982],"class_list":{"0":"post-6900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa-news","8":"tag-alan-winde","9":"tag-gender-based-violence","10":"tag-premier-alan-winde"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news365.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news365.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news365.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news365.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news365.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news365.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news365.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news365.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news365.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news365.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}