Police Minister Bheki Cele, says 8 of the 30 country’s gender-based violence hot-spots are in the Western Cape.

Delft is the top GBV-hot-spot, while Khayelitsha amd Mfuleni have been pegged at the number 9 and 14 positions, respectively.

Cele says gender-based violence is South Africa’s second pandemic, and that has reached crisis levels.

He says several initiatives have been launched by the SA Police, to assist victims of this type of violence.

#PoliceMinistry The #GBV hotspots list also includes eight other variables such as calls related to Domestic Violence and Gender-based Violence received. #EndGBV ME pic.twitter.com/vDETk5qAL4

— SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) September 22, 2020

#PoliceMinistry READ: Full statement: Minister of Police, General Bheki Cele briefs media on #COVID19 #Level1 #LockdownSA regulations and pro-active measures as part of the SAPS’s Integrated Sexual offences and #GBVF action plan. #StaySafe MEhttps://t.co/CpUztXRbi4 pic.twitter.com/ktRyT7jOrd

— SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) September 22, 2020