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Cele: 8 G.B.V. hot-spots in Western Cape

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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.

 

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