Question NW1074 to the Minister of Police
03 August 2020 - NW1074
Abrahams, Ms ALA to ask the Minister of Police
What (a) is the total number of gender-bases violence (GBV) cases which has been reported to the SA Police Service since the beginning of the lockdown on 26 March 2020 in each province and (b) number of the specified GBV cases have resulted in the arrested and conviction of the perpetrators in each case. NW1369E
Reply:
a) and (b)
The total number of gender-based violence (GBV) cases, which were reported to the South African Police Service (SAPS), since the beginning of the lockdown, on 26 March 2020, in each province and the number of the specified GBV cases, which resulted in the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators in each case, are reflected in the table below:
|
Province
|
(a) |
(b) |
|
|
Total reported |
Total persons charged |
Total persons convicted |
|
|
Eastern Cape |
243 |
488 |
8 |
|
Free State |
189 |
373 |
18 |
|
Gauteng |
743 |
1 137 |
23 |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
230 |
375 |
4 |
|
Limpopo |
97 |
253 |
31 |
|
Mpumalanga |
88 |
151 |
7 |
|
North West |
77 |
140 |
3 |
|
Northern Cape |
37 |
122 |
1 |
|
Western Cape |
530 |
1 019 |
35 |
|
Total |
2 234 |
4 058 |
130 |
Reply to question 1074 recommended
GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SREVICE
KJ SITOLE
Date: 2020/08/28
Reply to question 1074 approved/
MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
Date: 09/09/2020