Present at the launch was the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, and the Free State Premier, Sisi Ntombela. Cele says the handover of more than 100 police vehicles for the police stations in the province is the beginning of solving the complaints many residents and police officers have had. He also touched on the issue of gender-based violence (GBV) in the country.
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According to the report compiled by his office, about 10 000 women have been raped in the first quarter of the financial year in South Africa, and it just happens that 50% of the women were raped in their households. “Half of the women being raped in their own homes mean that this horrendous crime was committed by husbands, fathers,…