GBV convictions must equal GBV crimes
22 April 2020
Note to Editors: Please find attached soundbites in English and Afrikaans from Priscilla Isaacs MPL.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Northern Cape is calling on the South African Police Service (SAPS) to ensure that they build a watertight case against the perpetrator who allegedly raped an 82-year old woman in Noupoort over the weekend.
We condemn the incident and applaud the police for their speedy arrest of a 37-year old suspect, who is alleged to have broken into the woman’s home in the early hours of the morning, before he proceeded to rape her.
It is deplorable that anyone could consider violating a woman in this way, let alone someone who is old enough to be their grandmother.