Question NW2246 to the Minister of Police

Cebekhulu, Inkosi RN to ask the Minister of Police

Given that, according to a presentation by the SA Police Service (SAPS) to the Standing Committee on Appropriations on 20 May 2022, a pilot project to establish Gender-Based Violence (GBV) desks at the 30 GBV hotspot police stations was initiated and the evaluation process will take three to six months, and noting that the SAPS is more likely to fully roll out the process in the 2023-24 financial year, as the SAPS currently envision this roll-out will take, considering that a roll-out rate of 30 police stations per year would take 38,5 years and/or (b) does the SAPS intend to roll out GBV desks at a; the remaining 1 125 police stations during the 2023-24 financial year?