ANC Women's League (ANCWL) secretary general Meokgo Matuba has called on the country to start a dialogue on chemical castration.
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This after the man accused of raping a 7-year-old girl in the bathroom of a Dros restaurant appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court.
"We still have confidence in our justice system, however, we are calling for harsher sentences," she said.
The Democratic Alliance doesn’t agree.
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