Missing dockets expose SAPS underbelly in the fight against GBV

By Opinion | Published Aug 17, 2024

Inside the friendly room, Boksburg North South African Police Service Victim Empowerment Centre (VEC) is Sergeant Phina Matweja, VEC co-ordinator at the Boksburg North SAPS. While it is commendable that the SAPS has intensified its efforts to track down and arrest perpetrators of heinous crimes, more needs to be done to eradicate the scourge and strengthen the administration of justice to victims, the writer says.