Revealing how dire the situation truly is in the country. To make matters worse a staggering 68% of these reported domestic violence cases do not go to court and if they do, only around 15% actually make it to verdict. In the same period 65 women were reported murdered, that means a woman was murdered every two days during those three months.Īll of these statistics only represent the reported cases, with an unknown (but likely large) number of cases going unreported. During those three months just under 5 cases of rape were reported a day, in total there were 312 cases of rape reported. From that data, it was found that between April and June in 2020, 9126 cases of domestic violence were reported. In July of 2020, Sarah Smit compiled data from the SAPS SA Law Commision Paper 18. Statistics of Gender-based violence in South African townships: When looking at the stats the challenge of gender-based violence in townships seems like an impossible mountain to climb but we are confident the situation can and will change. In poorer communities, violence can be used as a means to resolve conflicts regardings women’s power and men’s identity.Īll of these factors are present in South African townships and if the GBV problem in South Africa is going to be solved it has to be solved in the townships. In a country with an Apartheid history and continued high-levels of poverty, this issue affects the whole nation, however, poverty increases the risk of Gender-based violence. South Africa is, sadly, severely affected by Gender-based violence and according to the WHO, has one of the highest rates of GBV.
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