Provincial police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Elias Mawela presented the statistics before the Gauteng legislature portfolio committee on community safety.
JOHANNESBURG - Between 1 October to 31 December, there was a total of 2,344 rape cases reported to Gauteng police stations, an average of about 25 a day.
Mawela presented the statistics before the Gauteng legislature portfolio committee on community safety.Of the 2,344 cases of rape reported to Gauteng police stations in the third quarter, 2,033 of the women were over the age of 18. Mawela said that it was difficult for police to curb intimate partner violence as it usually happened behind closed doors.
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