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The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children in Manenberg and St Anne’s Homes in Woodstock have made a public plea for emergency funding to keep their shelters’ doors open.

the country’s second quarter crime statistics for 2022/2023. Between July and September 2022, 989 women were murdered and 1,277 were victims in attempted murder cases. Cases reported to the police also reveal that over 13,000 women were assaulted with intent to cause grievous bodily harm .

In response to the crime stats, Bachar said these numbers did not accurately reflect what was happening on the ground because only a small percentage of women who experience violence against them report it. “However, the upward trend in the stats is something we are seeing at shelters,” she said. St. Anne’s Home director, Joy Lange, said, “We’ve managed to scrape through and pay salaries for November. We don’t have enough to pay salaries for December and our other operating expenses. For example we are in arrears for rent of one of our three houses. For next month, I secured half of our expenses, but I don’t know where the other half will come from. We live on faith.”

 

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