âââ 11:49 Sun, 21 Feb 2021
Police Minister Bheki Cele has conceded that some police officers need to be trained to fully understand the seriousness of gender-based violence.
Cele, who intends to open a unit that will specifically deal with the crime, has sent out a strong warning to police officers that those subjecting victims of GBV to secondary trauma will face serious consequences.
Cele was speaking at the Buccleuch Interchange North of Johannesburg where Gauteng Premier David Makhura handed over 55 high-performance vehicles to the provincial police.
The vehicles will be used in the fight against priority crimes such as hijackings and robberies in Gauteng.