(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 |
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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 |
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Reply to question 1074 recommended/
GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
Date:
Reply to question 1074 approved
MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
Date: 09/09/2020