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Activists holds a placard during a march that was organised as part of the build-up towards the official launch of 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children at the Rustenburg Civic Centre in North West on November 25, 2024.
Limpopo Police Commissioner Thembi Hadebe says more gender-based violence ( GBV) survivors have started to report cases to police.
She was speaking during the provincial launch of the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign in Moletjie outside Polokwane.
The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of gender-based violence and promote efforts to prevent it.
Hadebe says there are strong indications that more people are reporting cases.
She says, “The more you do your awareness, the more people come forward and have trust in the systems. They come and report, and as they report, a lot of cases, you are recording a lot of number of cases as compared to whatever. And what does the community says? It says, ah, the rape is very high in Limpopo and whatever, instead of appreciating the work that we are doing, of enabling the victims to come forward and report these cases, we have cases that have happened, 2, 3, 5 years ago, that are reported at this point in time. What does that tells us? It tells us that our systems are working. The community has got trust. Women tend to trust the police more to come and report this.”
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