Question NW1074 to the Minister of Police
10 September 2020 - NW1074
Abrahams, Ms ALA to ask the Minister of Police
What (a) is the total number of gender-based 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 arrest and conviction of the perpetrators in each case?
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) Total reported |
b |
b |
Total persons charged |
Total persons convicted |
||
Eastern Cape |
243 |
488 |
8 |
Free State |
189 |
373 |
18 |
Gauteng |
743 |
1137 |
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 |
1019 |
35 |
Total |
2234 |
4 058 |
130 |
2
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GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
Date:
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MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
Date: 09/09/2020