South Africa’s government announces additional funding for its response to gender-based violence and femicide as part of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the reprioritisation includes billions to expand front-line and justice-sector capacity, with a major focus on recruiting more social workers.
Across the coverage, outlets emphasise different elements of the package. IOL highlights the headline figure of R5.1 billion and notes that the money is largely used to employ additional social workers in provinces. The Citizen focuses on the scale and the overall mix of support, describing funding for social workers, courts and care centres. IOL adds further detail in its separate report, citing allocations to recruit over 3,500 social workers and to strengthen sexual offences courts and Thuthuzela Care Centres.
All reports attribute the announcement to the same minister and link the funding directly to the GBVF crisis, but they vary slightly in how much they stress the social-worker component versus the courts and care-centre expansion.
