Almost 40 000 Rape Cases in SA Over Past Year

In a written reply to a parliamentary question, he said a total of 39 946 new rape cases appeared on the rolls of magistrate’s courts in all nine provinces between July 1 2008 and the end of June this year.

This averages out to over 780 new cases nationally each working day. The same source shows the conviction rate over this 12-month period was less than 11% of the total… Read full article here.

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