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WC Top Cop Given 2 Weeks To Respond To Calls For Specialised GBV Unit

Yolisa Matakata. Picture: SAPS

The South African Youth Council wants the police to create a specialised unit for gender-based violence as the country sees an increase in femicides over the past few weeks.

This weekend, 17-year-old Amahle Quku’s body was found at Brown’s Farm in Philippi.

One person has been arrested.

The council’s Zuko Mndayi said that they’d handed over a list of demands to the Western Cape police commissioner’s office last week to address gender-based violence.

“We’ve called for the establishment of a specialised unit that is trained to deal with gender-based violence.”

The commissioner has two weeks to respond.

EWN

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