Shamila Batohi, the National Director for Public Prosecutions at the NPA, spoke to Daily Maverick's Ferial Haffajee about how the criminal justice system has failed women and how families and religious institutions need to play a role in ending the scourge of gender-based violence.
"The statistics are scary. Seven women and two children are killed every day. It is a war [on women and children] when you have seven women and children killed every day," said Shamila Batohi during Sunday's Women's Day webinar.
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