Briefing Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police, SAPS head of crime research, Major-General Norman Sekhukhune says such places account for 5 012 cases.Sekhukhune says there were 61 cases of rape reported at educational institutions.“The Western Cape was the highest with 155 and number 2 was Gauteng. They also had a domestic relationship with the perpetrator,” he says.Meanwhile, Police Minister Bheki Cele has called on members of the public to help to bring perpetrators of crime to justice.
Cele was briefing Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police on the third quarter statistics for the 2021-2022 financial year. The Minister says in many cases, families pressurise victims of crime to withdraw cases against perpetrators. He says without the co-operation of members of the public, it is difficult to bring perpetrators to book.Meanwhile, the committee chairperson Tina Joemat-Peterson says even though the police statistics released on Friday show a decrease in rapes, the numbers are still too high.Below is the full crime stats report:
𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 TarellaCampbel 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝙸𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚋𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝟼𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜
Which ever way,they occurred doesn't matter,Mr Minister.The issue is on how to stop,the GBV,the rapes and other related crimes.
Unbelievable stats, it's like rape is institutionalized in our country 🙄