Minister Xingwana was responding to questions by children at the launch of the Child Protection Week at Abraham Kriel Childcare Centre in Langlaagte in Johannesburg today.
Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities Ms Lulu Xingwana has urged women in abusive relationships not to withdraw cases of abuse but to allow the law to take its course. > >Minister Xingwana, accompanied by Deputy Health Minister Gwen Ramokgopa, visited the family of Moji Tsekedi in Soweto today. The family told the Ministers that Tsekeldi is believed to have been murdered by her partner on Sunday May 15 after an argument at their backroom shack in Jabavu, Soweto.
Minister Lulu Xingwana: Progressive Womens Movement of South Africa Summi?
Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Ms Lulu Xingwana welcomes the arrest of suspects in relation to the murder of three school girls at Makgwareng section in Nobody village outside Polokwane. Most often, rape and murder suspects go out and rape and murder more children if they are granted bail, Minister Xingwana told hundreds of mourners at the funeral.
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Government s efforts of empowering rural women through agriculture have started to yield positive results in Limpopo, where women in the district of Mopani are taking the bull by its horns as far as commercial farming is concerned.
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The Department for Women, Children and People with Disabilities is extremely excited that the Presidency is taking the lead in the efforts to ensure that gender is mainstreamed in operations of government departments.