SAPS still facing challenges in dealing with violence against women – report
6 November 2018
The Commission for Gender Equality has found that the South African Police Service still faces challenges in combating the scourge of violence against women.
"Selected police stations were not adequately prepared for the challenges and faced limited institutional capacity to deal effectively with violence against women in their local areas of jurisdiction," the CGE states in a 2018 report titled "Policing Violence Against Women: Assessing local police station interventions".
The study was conducted in selected provinces through in-depth interviews with key officials: the Rustenburg and Boitekong police stations in the North West; Lebowakgomo and Seshego police stations in Limpopo; and the East London and Berlin police stations in the Eastern Cape.
The report comes just days after South Africa hosted its first ever National Summit Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Femicide.