Stop politicising issue of gender based violencesays the #TotalShutdown Movement

SAfm — The #TotalShutdown movement has called on leaders not to politicise the Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso’s rape trial and the fight against women abuse. This after the ANC Women’s League held a media briefing in Port Elizabeth on Monday to speak out against the abuse of women. The comment also comes as the Eastern Cape Transport Safety and Liaison MEC, Weziwe Tikana, in the company of her Health and Social Development counterparts, MECs, Helen Sauls-August and Dr. Phumeza Dyantyi, lead a march of largely women, against gender based violence. Member of the movement’s steering committee Loyiso Saliso says the party and other government officials have not been protesting since the case started more than a year and a half ago and that ANCWL president and minister of Women, Children and people with disabilities, Bathabile Dlamini, was being opportunistic and is selective in her support for women causes. She spoke to Sakina Kamwendo.