Women's minister doubles down on 'link' between cancer and GBV

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Women, youth and persons with disabilities minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has affirmed a colleague's view that cancer contributes to gender-based violence.

Nkoana-Mashabane was responding to Inkatha Freedom Party MP Liezl van der Merwe, who asked for her thoughts on her colleague's comments and whether the link between cancer and GBV was a government position.

Van der Merwe later told TimesLIVE that she personally found it hard to believe that there is enough evidence to suggest that GBV and cancer are so interlinked, as both ministers suggest. “Subsequently, then the national strategic plan must speak to interventions in this regard. If not, then I think it will continue to be a very contentious issue, which will continue to raise eyebrows.”

 

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