Public Protector report reveals shortcomings in SA's justice system concerning GBV cases. What reforms are needed to better support victims?
Public Protector report reveals shortcomings in SA's justice system concerning GBV cases. What reforms are needed to better support victims?Gcaleka said 38 courts inspected were not kept in a manner that supported victims.“This was evidenced by files scattered on the floor in Mamelodi, Pretoria, Palm Ridge, Vereeniging, Johannesburg, Bellville and files kept in police cells at Ga-Rankuwa.
“On the strength of the evidence adduced, it is evident more still needs to be done to adequately capacitate Saps members to deal with GBV victims in a more appropriate manner,” the report stated. “Some police stations do not have Victim-friendly Rooms and victims of GBV are forced to relate the abuse they have suffered in crowded Saps stations,” it noted.However, Lisa Vetten, research associate of Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at Wits University, said nothing new was found in the report. She said these were complaints dating back to decades.
“But the recommendations are interesting because the public protector pointed to the underfunded nature of the court and how they are administratively not run as they should.”Vetten said the allocation of sufficient budget enables the government to create court buildings that are “acceptable and have space and promote people’s dignity, privacy and confidentiality”.
She assigned the Saps national commissioner to conduct a needs analysis for all police stations that do not have VFRs.
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