{"id":44880,"date":"2025-12-13T13:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=44880"},"modified":"2025-12-13T13:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:58:12","slug":"gender-based-violence-incidents-scare-limpopo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/13\/gender-based-violence-incidents-scare-limpopo\/","title":{"rendered":"Hike in GBVF incidents scare in Limpopo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>The EFF condemned the recent brutal murder of Sebolaishe Ennifar Leso.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety is concerned about the recent increase of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) incidents amid the festive season. <\/p>\n<p>Departmental MEC, Violet Mathye said during a media interview with <em>The Citizen<\/em> on Thursday that it was needles to remind the province and the entire country that there have been horrifying GBV incidents throughout the whole year. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gbvf-incidents-in-limpopo\">GBVF incidents in Limpopo<\/h2>\n<p>The most horrifying one, Mathye said was on 9 August when President Cyril Ramaphosa was in Nkowankowa Stadium in Tzaneen celebrating the National Women\u2019s Day. <\/p>\n<p>The MEC said an officer of the South African Police Service (Saps) allegedly shot his wife in cold blood in GBVF related incident. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately the community took the law unto their hands and revenged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second incident, Mathye said, was around Seshego, outside Polokwane where a member of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) was poured with hot cooking oil over his body by a female partner. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, the man refused to open a criminal case.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: A shame SA has world\u2019s highest levels of violence against women and girls, Ramaphosa says<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like all law-abiding South Africans, the MEC was also concerned about the hike in GBVF incidents statistics. <\/p>\n<p>She said recent statistics indicate that the Vhembe region in Limpopo has recorded the highest numbers in such incidents. <\/p>\n<p>She added that around September this year, Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba convened a special executive committee (ExCo) meeting to deal specifically with such incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Mathye explained that the department is tackling GBVF by working through the police\u2019s civilian secretariat with multiple organisations such as the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) while also raising awareness and involving communities, churches, and traditional leaders.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-eff-member-killed\">EFF member killed<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, the EFF condemned the recent brutal murder of Sebolaishe Ennifar Leso in Mogalakwena Ga-Mapetleleke village in a GBV incident. <\/p>\n<p>The EFF described Leso as a committed ground force of the party, who loved the red berets to the end. <\/p>\n<p>EFF provincial chairperson, Lawrence Mapoulo said it was sad and tragic that the scourge of GBV continued to tear the moral fabric of the Limpopo society. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis death and many others which occurred before is testament to the fact that there is a need for renewed focus and new strategies to tackle gender based violence and femicide as a national crisis. <\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: How do we even tackle GBV? Experts weigh in\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is regrettable that the Domestic Violence Act is been violated by the very same institutions that are supposed to enforce because many perpetrators continue to get light sentences hence the recurrence of GBV atrocities. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we mourn her death, we strongly condemn this act, in which a 41 year old man is alleged to have ended the life of Fighter Sebolaishe. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the details of the case continue to unfold, the tragic loss of yet another woman at the hands of a man reaffirms the painful and undeniable truth that Limpopo remains engulfed in a persistent, deadly, and deeply rooted crisis of patriarchal violence,\u201d Mapoulo said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2666\ufe0fIn Pictures\u2666\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Fighters and members of the community led by the PCT and SRCT at Mahwelereng Magistrate Court to demand justice in the murder case of Fighter Sebolaishe Ennifar Leso.<\/p>\n<p>The case has been postponed to the 15 December 2025 for the accused&#8217;s legal representative to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pjlS86aELb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/pjlS86aELb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EFF LIMPOPO (@EFF_Limpopo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EFF_Limpopo\/status\/1998210973048385895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Hike #GBVF #incidents #scare #Limpopo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EFF condemned the recent brutal murder of Sebolaishe Ennifar Leso. 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