The Office of the Public Protector has released a damning report on the support given to victims of gender-based violence (GBV) by the Departments of Justice and Constitutional Development and Social Development, and by SAPS. The Public Protector investigated 38 magistrates' courts across the country.
on the support given to victims of gender-based violence by the Departments of Justice and Constitutional Development and Social Development, and by SAPS.The investigation was sparked by allegations thatwas turned away at the Bellville Magistrate’s Court in June 2020 when she tried to apply for a protection order. She and her daughter were later found murdered.
The investigation found that the Department of Justice had not put adequate measures in place to protect GBV victims. The courts did not have a functional Integrated Case Management System . ‘The ICMS is mostly inaccessible or very slow due to network challenges, for example at Magistrates Courts in Umlazi, Umbumbulu, Mamelodi, Mzumbe and Ndwendwe,’ the report read.Most courts did not have proper filing systems and spaces. ‘This was evidenced by files scattered on the floor at Mamelodi, Pretoria, Palm Ridge, Vereeniging, Johannesburg, Bellville and files kept in police cells at Ga-Rankuwa,’ Gcaleka said.
‘The information before me indicates that in some instances, there are delays by SAPS to respond to scenes of domestic violence and/or provide assistance to victims, with the SAPS citing that they do not have enough vehicles at their respective stations to respond,’ Gcaleka said.
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