The horrific truth is that of the 16,000 murders which happen in South Africa each year, many relate to domestic violence. Women in South Africa have more to fear from the people with whom they share their homes than from an outside intruder. Yet there is no sense of fear for our sisters, mothers and daughters. We try to separate ourselves from the criminals out there, who seek to penetrate our security, but fail completely to appreciate the danger already present in too many homes. South Africa is already internationally notorious for its high crime rate, but domestic violence is swept up along with the other crime statistics, and the intimate nature of these crimes goes largely unreported, but for the attention drawn to it by women’s groups. As the South African Police Service does not consider domestic violence a stand-alone crime when it compiles statistics; it does not have the reliable data necessary to develop effective strategies to tackle domestic abuse.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 10:16:58 +0000
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