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South African Summit on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide | Daily Maverick
November 1, 2018 — News
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Author(s) / Source: Daily Maverick
Report about the National Summit on Gender-based Violence and Femicide in Centurion, South Africa, in early November. Civil society representatives directly addressed President Cyril Ramaphosa with with 24 demands. The stats of femicide last year in the 2017/18 financial year, according to the National Prosecuting Authority: a total of 79 femicide convictions, representing a conviction rate of 98.8%, with only one acquittal.