More than a thousand police officers marched against gender-based violence in South Africa’s capital Pretoria on Monday after a surge in murders and sexual crimes against women.
There has been a rising outcry against sexist violence in the country over the last two months after a series of murders that shocked the public.
#PoliceMinistry Minister of Gen #BhekiCele, Deputy Minister Cassel Mathale and senior management of #SAPS are about to emback on the match against the genger based violence in Pretoria Church Square.#ActAgainstAbuse TM pic.twitter.com/EMTjuoGFOZ
— SA Police Service (@SAPoliceService) October 14, 2019
In a sea of blue, police officers at the Pretoria rally held up signs reading “It hurts us as police officers to pick up bodies of women, children and vulnerable groups on a daily basis”.
Acting national police commissioner Bonang Mgwenya told the gathered officers that gender-based violence was in “a dire state of emergency”.
#sapsHQ #SAPS members with various stakeholders assemble in Pretoria Church Square for the match against gender based violence. #ActAgainstAbuse #ZizoJikaIzinto TM pic.twitter.com/MevokKGrqi
— SA Police Service (@SAPoliceService) October 14, 2019
“We need an urgent shift that will govern the impact and outcomes of our concerted progressive resolutions,” she said.
The hashtag #AmINext started trending in South Africa as more than 30 women were killed last month, among them a student from Cape Town who was raped and killed in a post office.
#sapsHQ #SAPS members with various stakeholders took over the streets of Pretoria marching against gender based violence. #ActAgainstAbuse #ZizoJikaIzinto TM pic.twitter.com/PCy1KWpcMY
— SA Police Service (@SAPoliceService) October 14, 2019
Police statistics released on the weekend showed that the number of crimes involving sexual offences jumped 4.6% from April 2018 to March 2019, compared with the same period the previous financial year.
S.exual offences detected as a result of police action – instead of women reporting the crime – rose 19%, the statistics said.
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