22 February 2022

Martin Endjala The National Assembly has passed the Combating of Domestic Violence Amendment Bill Act No 4 of 2003 on Tuesday, in order to mitigate gender based violence particularly on women and children in the country. GBV cases have caused trauma in many families and continues to increase unabated. With the passing of this bill in the house, parliamentarians have once again demonstrated how urgent they are treating GBV in the country as an emergency. The bill will now be referred to the President for signing and for gazetting to become law. Speaking earlier this year on 22 February 2022,…