Kolisi: Gender-Based Violence crisis needs more than words from government

Siya Kolisi has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide as a national crisis. 

The Springbok captain says the announcement marks an important step but insists the country must now turn recognition into action.

His comments, made during the Springboks’ captain’s press conference on Friday, follow years of growing outrage across South Africa as cases continued to rise.

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NATIONAL CRISIS DECLARATION GIVES ISSUE NEW URGENCY

Gender-based violence has gripped South Africa for decades. Rates of assault, rape and femicide remain among the highest globally. 

Community groups, shelters and activists have long called for stronger state intervention.