President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa has warned the callous criminals who are taking advantage of the lockdown. He is reminding the criminals that the criminal justice system is not on leave. That they will be fully reprimanded for braking the laws despite their being a nationwide lockdown.
Ramaphosa in his weekly letter on Monday morning to slam those misusing the lockdown, vandalizing schools and force links. Many schools have been wrecked and burnt. Also Eskom has seen a sharp rise in cable robbery since the lockdown began a month ago. While the whole nation is encountering hardship due to the coronavirus lockdown, a few people are abusing the emergency.
Cyril Ramaphosa on his weekly letter
In his most recent weekly letter, President Ramaphosa has concentrated on the individuals who he considers rude and disturbs most of the honest residents. He said it’s lamentable that hoodlums go after the feeble and defenseless.
Ngenzenu Zuma was supposedly assaulted and killed by men who apparently professed to be warriors. They wanted to access her KwaZulu-Natal home during the lockdown a month ago. Fourteen-year-old Simphiwe Sibeko was likewise slaughtered during the lockdown. Apparently, she disappeared from her Soweto home. Ramaphosa has cautioned lawbreakers that they will be managed to be put in jail.
“We are aware that the restrictions that have been placed on people’s movement and the confinement to their homes is a frustration for many. But there is no excuse, nor will there ever be any excuse, for violence — against women, children, the elderly, members of the LGBTQI+ community, foreign nationals, not against anyone.”
Ramaphosa said he has coordinated with police serve Bheki Cele. She will guarantee that Family Violence, Child Protection, and Sexual Offenses units are fortified at police headquarters during the lockdown and yonder.
Priority is given to women and children
President Ramaphosa said South Africa has paid attention to the call for governments. Which was to organize sexual orientation based brutality in their national reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic. A week ago, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message that since limitations were enforced by nations around the globe to contain the Coronavirus, young girls and women were progressively facing savagery.
Help services to helpless children and women will stay operational all through the lockdown, including psycho-social administrations, like guiding for children and women, shielding and places of security, and medico-lawful administrations in instances of sexual savagery.
The Gender-Based Violence National Command Center stays operational. The President has additionally guided the Minister of Police to guarantee that Family Violence, Child Protection, and Sexual Offenses Units are strengthened at police headquarters during the lockdown and yonder.
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