Chancellors from the University of the Western Cape, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Stellenbosch have written a joint statement saying violence against women has reached an incomprehensible level.“This is much bigger than universities. It has become a national crisis. They feel that they need to take this up with the highest level of the country in the form of the presidency so that some kind of an urgent national plan can be arrived at and can respond to this crisis.
“We are going to be addressing the issue of the harsh penalty, so that the men who violate women, who rape women, and who kill women must stay in jail for life.”
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