Cele confirmed that the number of gender-based violence complaints remained high and concerning.
“Over 2 300 calls or complaints have been registered since the beginning of the lockdown on 27 March 2020 until 31 March 2020 and from these, 148 suspects were charged. The figure in relation to calls or complaints between January 2020 and 31 March 2020 stands at 15 924. Once all reports have been consolidated, the figures will be measured against the number of calls or complaints received through the GBV Command Centre in 2019, where the figure stands at 87 920.
“This thing of people wanting to buy cigarettes ‘ayikho’, there’s no cigarette sales here. I’m told that in one province, they wanted to do that. We spoke to the Premier to say should we find that your shops are selling cigarettes; we shut down your shop. Nothing essential about cigarettes; this disease attacks your lungs so don’t add extra pressure on your lungs by smoking.”
But whats smoking got to do with it, not that i am a smoker.
This happened during lockdown in the absence of alcohol
People are not roaming the streets hence less crime and robberies... alcohol has nothing to do with it .. people bought alcohol before lockdown and are drinking at 'Their father's place'....stop misleading us tu
Some as they are deployed,their are also helping their cousins, in personal favors, their cousins,deployed them, now they come and harras us at our places,they wanted to confisticate my phone,I don't understand does the SANDF work like this,scared
Once again Rubbish! Only the truly stupid won't say it's due to a lockdown!
Pity, it takes tragedy not strategy for him to combat crime
Don't know if anybody noticed... But it seems the Police can indeed supply crime statistics more than once a year! 😱
A lesson for SA that democracy not a perfect system.... Too much rights the higher the crime.... After the lockdown maybe parliament will come with a better way to combat crime
Open your eyes, if you can't buy it then what's the next option?
Makes me wonder! Where does 'domestic violence' fall under bcoz it's serious n violent. 😠 ANC! Though! 😓
Then the lockdown must continue
With 870000 cases of gender based violence reported, the does Cele think pulling the wool over our eyes will help fight C19?
africaupdates The headline and article are misleading. No one is denying that alcohol is a contributing factor to certain crimes but why ignore other mitigating factors such as restricted movement due to lockdown and greater police and defense force visibility?
Lock down more than no liquor
The idiot! He has no idea what happens behind closed doors during lockdown. How many women does he think can just walk away or make a phone call when being threatened with their lives. Their homes are now a death trap. Wake up!
I hope it will be completely banned so that we can at least sleep with our eyes closed. This shows that alcohol should be equally treated as a dangerous drugs.
Sau hypothetically the state of emergency is lifted in 5-weeks, will crime spike?
😂😂😂😂😂😂 Is it first of April? It's because we are confined to our houses not because of liquor... Eish
Bullsh*t. GBV is sky rocketing