[LISTEN] 'Our lament is no longer enough' says SACC on GBV
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) says the horrific killings of two women - Naledi Phangindawo of Mossel Bay, and Tshegofatso Pule of Soweto - call for much more than media statements.
The country has been rocked by a number of gender-based violence (GBV) incidents recently.
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The SACC's General Secretary, Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana says the church's lament is no longer enough.
"We desperately need more direct, life-changing programmes - supported at the highest level by government - that will transform the character of our society," says Mpumlwana.
"Each time we learn of such killings, the country cries out, ‘Not again!’ But, it happens again and again."
Mpumlwana adds: "We ask all institutions and membership organisations of all types, including religious bodies, to commit to use their spaces for a concerted mindset change campaign against gender-based violence, and for government to use its institutional instruments to promote and support this."
Lsiten to Mpumlwana below: