The radio station says that the question of guns and intimate femicide and gender-based violence as a whole will also be highlighted. The station says that firearms have been noted to play a significant role in violence against women, being used in intimate femicide (defined as the killing of a female person by an intimate partner) to rape, threaten and intimidate.
Many lives have been lost due to gun violence in various communities and the statistics remain high, adds the station.
Panel guests on the show Anika Roslee will include:
- attorney and gun advocate Montenique Davey, a sports shooter and executive board member of Gun Owners South Africa
- Yvette Floss, YFM personality and licensed gun owner, and
- Themba Lukhele, ex-convict and now motivational speaker
The speakers will divulge into the important issue of the effects and challenges that the issuing of guns has on immediate family, friends and the community.
Mfundo Mabalane, presenter of this episode of
Perspective on Y, says, "[Gun violence is] an important subject as we continue to grapple with the surge in the number of gun- related deaths. The possession of guns is regulated by policies, so we'll speak to the police, victims and perpetrators of crimes using guns."
Perspective On Y is a fortnight two-hour show that is produced by
YFM content producers, who rotate on a monthly basis. The show aims to stand out in its limitless way of sharing information and dares to be different.
Listeners can tune in on 99.2 or via streaming on its website, the
YFM app or DStv channel 859.
For more information, visit
www.yfm.co.za. You can also follow
YFM on
Facebook,
Twitter or on
Instagram.