Gone are the days when people could go to the police station and open a case against their partners, only to withdraw it the next day.
“Once you open the case, there is no turning back. If a victim wants to withdraw a case, the officers take a withdrawal statement and attach it to the docket and take it to court. The victim will explain to the magistrate in court why she or he wants to withdraw it. The reason for that is to avoid the disappearance of dockets in police stations,” explained Lingelethu West Police Station spokesperson Sgt Xoliswa Nyalambisa.
The workshop, designed to equip the community with conflict and violence resolutions, was organised by the Southern African Development Reconstruction Agency in conjunction with the police and the Lingelethu Community Policing Forum . SADRA works closely with the communities to train residents on ways to resolve conflict and violence.
Participants were grouped into two groups of women and a group of men to ensure they came with their own solutions.“We’ve been to Gugulethu and Nyanga. Today we are here . The following weekend we are going to Mfuleni and in that week to Khayamandi. These are some of the hotspot areas in the metro that we plan to visit,” he stated.Lingelethu CPF chair Lunga Guza described the workshop as educational. He said more of these workshops in communities were needed.
However, a stern message came from Nyalambisa. She praised Sadra for organising such an initiative, creating a platform for the community to open up.
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