Re-victimisation of two sexually assaulted children at the hands of SAPS necessitates urgent intervention by Minister Cele
14 March 2018
Disturbing media reports that two children were sexually assaulted by a South African Police Service (SAPS) forensic investigator reiterate the DA’s call to urgently root out convicted and compromised police members at Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) units.
The grade three pupils from AB Xuma Primary in Johannesburg were being interviewed by the investigator over their experience of sexual abuse by a school guard last year when the man allegedly abused them.
This is an example of how victims of sexual violence, especially children, can get re-victimised when those entrusted with the sole responsibility of helping victims of rape and violence are actual perpetrators themselves.
In a reply to our parliamentary question, the DA revealed that 57 police members working in the FCS units have criminal records themselves.