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A VIEW OF THE WEEK: With a GBV response like this, who needs enemies

A VIEW OF THE WEEK: With a GBV response like this, who needs enemies

By GhanaSummary NewsroomSouth Africa

Top cop an alleged GBV offender His fighting words against gender-based violence (GBV), delivered either in deep fatigue or fake sadness, were sadly undermined just hours earlier by one of the most senior law enforcement officers in the country: suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya.

A court will decide whether these explanations are reasonable, but it is common sense that no one, especially a high-profile law enforcement officer tasked with stamping out GBV, should even find themselves near such circumstances.

An Inter-Ministerial Committee on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide and the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide will issue stats on these every quarter to make sure everything is transparent and accountable.

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