GBV a ‘painful indictment on SA society’

s of 2023, it is estimated that one in three women and girls between ages 15 and 49, have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence in their lifetime.

According to the police, 53 900 South Africans have reported being victims of a sexual offences in 2022 and 2023

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