South Africans protest gender violence after child rape allegation
A crowd of protesters staged a demonstration against gender-based violence in the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday as part of a national outcry after an alleged rape of a 7-year-old girl.
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A crowd of protesters staged a demonstration against gender-based violence in the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday as part of a national outcry after an alleged rape of a 7-year-old girl.
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00:00Massive protests on Friday in South Africa's Pretoria against gender-based violence after the rape of a seven-year-old girl.
00:13Reigning Miss South Africa, Mia Leroux was among those who attended the protests and called on the government to do more to fight against gender-based violence in the country.
00:23Our sisters deserve better, our women deserve better. We are hearing too many stories of our sisters being hurt and I want our leaders to recognize that this is really a national disaster because once our leaders recognize this problem we will feel safer, we will feel we can start working towards solutions to help make this a safer space for all of us.
00:46The protesters have called on the South African government to declare gender-based violence a national crisis and impose the harshest sentences on those convicted of related crimes.
01:01As us is not in my name, a majority are men's organization. We are saying that guys we need to make sure that we bring an end to this and it starts with us because the majority of perpetrators are us men.
01:19We need to be the ones who speak to each other. We need to be the ones who confront one another. We need to be the ones that make sure that we do not hide those amongst us who perpetuate violence and, you know, misogynistic ideas amongst us.
01:38Rape and attempted sexual offenses from October to December last year declined by 3% compared to 2023 in South Africa according to the latest crime statistics.