Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande has expressed deep concern over the alleged stabbing of a university student at a private student residence in Belhar, Cape Town, on Saturday.
Condemning the perpetrator's actions as "merciless and barbaric", Nzimande acknowledged the extensiveness of gender-based violence (GBV) in the country, emphasising that one in three women worldwide experienced GBV in their lifetime.
He said: