[SABC NEWS] SA continues to grapple with the GBVF scourge

Ever so often, South Africans are introduced to the name of yet another young woman, but not for her unique personality, personal brilliance and achievements - but enragingly - because she would, invariably, have been maimed or killed in the country's raging gender-based violence and femicide epidemic. The names - both reported in the national media and those that went unreported ring eternally as an indictment on the national conscience - from Uyinenene Mrwetyana to Tshegofatso Pule, Nosicelo Mtebeni to Reeva Steenkamp, and now add to that in exhaustive list - Olorato Mongale. The outrage is always predictable - but the track-record of sustained, consistent action to stem the tide of violence against women - patchy at best.

Panelists Dr. Lesley Ann Foster from Masimanyanne Women's Rights International and Dr. Bongani Nkosi who is a senior lecture at the University of Limpopo unpacked this issue.