Thembinkosi Lorch, a popular soccer player in South Africa, received a threeyear sentence for assaulting his former girlfriend. However, the sentence was postponed for five years, with conditions that he must stay clear of any convictions related to assault with the intent to inflict serious bodily harm. He was also fined R100,000, which will be directly remitted to a GBV organization. Lorch’s case highlights the issue of genderbased violence and the need to eliminate it.
