Office of the Public Protector of SA highlights lack of skills and training for police to adequately assist GBV victims

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The office of Public Protector says the members of the South African Police Service lack sufficient skills and training to adequately assist victims of Gender Based Violence at local police stations. This was revealed during a sitting of the portfolio committee on Justice and Constitutional Development currently ongoing in Parliament. The Public Protector's office has been tabling its report on systematic and administrative deficiencies relating to Gender Based Violence within the country's justice system. Executive Manager for Investigations at the Public Protector's office, Panatshego Mogaladi explains some of the findings against the SAPS...