WATCH | Western Cape GBV non-profits face closure

CAPE TOWN - Some Western Cape non-profit organisations providing aid to victims of gender-based violence face closure due to a lack of funding.

A recent letter about budget cuts has them in a panic.

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This follows the closing of the second presidential summit on GBV and femicide.

Many labelled it a talk shop that failed to address the fundamentals of the government’s national strategic objectives.

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The province’s social development department says that, like other government bodies, it’s trying to recover from the pandemic.

eNCA's Nobesuthu Hejana has more details in the video above.