More than 1,000 school pupils have been sexually assaulted in the Eastern Cape since last January, the provincial education department has revealed to the Bhisho legislature..
KwaZulu-Natal's director of public prosecutions Elaine Zungu says DNA testing by the forensic laboratory had been speeded up by the National Prosecuting Authority's DNA project, which started in October 2020.
"The seriousness of problems associated with distorted ukuthwala is of such a magnitude that a clear and specific piece of legislation is necessary," said justice minister Ronald Lamola