Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has expressed shock at the number ofThe minister was officially opening a sexual offences court in Sibasa outside Thohoyandou.
Courts in Vhembe are grappling with alarming rates of gender-based violence. More than 13 000 cases are open in the region. These include rape, domestic violence, murder case as well as assault.“The law is not lenient. I gave the stats of the sentencing in the last two years. More than 600 people are on life sentences; more than 1 500 are on sentences beyond 25 years. The difficult thing is our society is general lawlessness.
Gender activist Rinae Sengani says, “It will also give the NPA and the government priority in taking sexual cases seriously because we don’t have to go through the Magistrate and High Court. There is no traffic anymore.”Lamola has also reiterated the need to debate the introduction of a Sexual Offenders Register.
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