Head Topics

You are more likely to be raped in your own home, so where are women safe?

  • 📰 IOL
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 24 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 13%
  • Publisher: 51%

South Africa Headlines News

Four out of every 10 people who were raped during the 2019/20 financial year, were raped at private residences belonging to the victim or the perpetrator, or the neighbour or a relative.

Johannesburg -

The province with the most rape incidences taking place at private homes was Limpopo, with 3 998, followed by Gauteng - 3 521, and the Eastern Cape and KZN, were tied, with 3 192. She said that there 4/10 rapes taking place in supposed safe spaces such as private homes was a “sobering statistic”. She said the fact that there were almost 8000 rape cases which took places at open public spaces such as parks and parking lots showed that perpetrators were not afraid.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 46. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

LIVE: Police Minister Bheki Cele releases 2019/20 crime statsThe statistics will be for crimes registered in the period of April 1 2019 to the end of March 2020. CrimeStats
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »

WATCH LIVE | Police minister Bheki Cele releases crime statsPolice minister Bheki Cele releases the annual crime statistics, reflecting crimes that occurred from April 1 2019 to the end of March 2020
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

LIVESTREAM: Cele briefing on crime statsPolice Minister Bheki Cele is briefing the media on the latest crime statistics.
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »

Bheki Cele to brief the nation on the latest annual crime statsPolice Minister General Bheki Cele, will on Friday, release the annual crime statistics, reflecting crimes that occurred between 1 April 2019 and March 2020.
Source: TheCitizen_News - 🏆 6. / 75 Read more »

Cele to release crime statsPolice Minister Bheki Cele will release the annual crime statistics on Friday.
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »

Makhanda community band together to curb crimeCommunity members in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape have joined forces to fight increasing incidents of crime in the area.
Source: SowetanLIVE - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »