Johannesburg - Minister in the Presidency Susan Shabangu on Thursday welcomed two recent court rulings that upheld the rights of women and children.
They sent a message that cultural practices could no longer be used to violate the rights of women and children and perpetuate inequalities, she said.
"On the other, this serves as a deterrent to other perpetrators that the arm of the law is not short and time will not erase the crime committed, and that they will ultimately face the might of the law."