HIGHER Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande has welcomed the arrest of a university student for allegedly stabbing a female student at a private student residence in Belhar, Cape Town on Friday, 10 November.
The 26-year-old woman is a student at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), while her alleged attacker (30) is a University of Western Cape (UWC) student.
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According to UWC, the suspect and CPUT student are a couple.
Nzimande welcomed the swift response of law enforcement agencies in arresting the suspect.
"Gender-based violence or violence against women and girls was a global pandemic that affected one in three women in their lifetime. We noted that as many as 38% of murders of women were committed by an intimate partner and 35% of women worldwide experienced physical and sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence," he said.
Nzimande urged all institutions working with Higher Health to continue working to implement programmes that address the challenges of sexual and gender-based violence.
He wished the victim a speedy recovery.
