The Director of Wise Collective, Advocate Brenda Madumise-Pajibo, says she hopes that action will be taken following the findings from the Public Protector that confirmed that there is inadequate support for Gender Based Violence victims.
This after the Public Protector, Kholeka Gcaleka, released her report about government’s ineffectiveness in dealing with GBV cases after she investigated 38 Magistrate’s Courts across the country.
The report found allegations that the Department of Justice did not put adequate measures in place to protect victims of gender-based violence effectively are substantiated.
“When we tell South Africa about the injustice that is meted against gender violence victims and survivors and why is it that we have a low reporting threshold in this country is because of things like this. Where you go and report a crime committed against you and it takes you three to five years for you to get justice or even not even to get justice precisely because the systems are not working at all and they’re systemic failures throughout the entire criminal justice system,” said Madumise-Pajibo
Source: SABC News
