Western Cape has by far the most lockdown arrests

Police Minister Bheki Cele said that seven days after the national lockdown started, 17 209 people have been arrested. CapeTimesSA lockdown Day8

The police have also received more than 87,000 gender-based violence complaints during this period

“There’s one case that I want to make here, of one police that has been charged for rape. What is not said is that he is a husband of the victim and she opened the case. He has been arrested,” Cele said. Offences vary from transport- and liquor-related offences to general non-compliance with the regulations.

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