Zulu king promises to reduce lobola payments as incentive to end GBV: Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini promised to look into reducing the lobola payments if men do better to end the scourge of gender-based violence against women and children.
Zulu king Misizulu kaZwelithini, minister in the presidency responsible for women, youth and people living with disabilities Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and eThekwini representative Nkosenhle Madlala led the 2nd National Men's day against GBV at Mangosuthu University of Technology to King Zwelithini Stadium at Umlazi on Saturday.Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini promised to look into reducing lobola payments if men do better to end the scourge of gender-based violence against women and children.
It seeks to encourage men to play an active role in the fight against GBVF which has been described as the second pandemic in the country. “Respect is actually a must in the Zulu culture, for a home or a nation to thrive you must lead it with respect.”NQUBEKO MBHELE Deputy minister of health Sibongiseni Dhlomo said the country should unite in the fight against GBVF as it did against Covid-19.
“South Africa faces the highest femicide rate among the top five countries with the highest murders. The SAPS reported 25,204 murders in 2021/22 and 3,198 of those were women, that works out to nine women being murdered daily in South Africa. That is not acceptable,” she said. Traditional minister of the Zulu nation Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, through a statement delivered by Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi, said the abuse against women was a human rights issue and men should bear responsibility for standing up against GBV.
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