{"id":50540,"date":"2023-10-23T09:59:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T07:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/victims-of-domestic-violence-urged-to-speak-out-20231016\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:49:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:49:20","slug":"victims-of-domestic-violence-urged-to-speak-out-20231016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/victims-of-domestic-violence-urged-to-speak-out-20231016\/","title":{"rendered":"Victims of domestic violence urged to speak out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nothing must stop victims of domestic violence to report it to the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such victims must never subdue to domestic violence; and nor the fear of intimidation, the fear of not being believed, the stigma associated with sexual abuse or offence, or challenges to access police stations, must stop them to use the services provided by the South African Police Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_e9c03a77\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7148\/dbe74ff39a8f49e48b243cbb1dc0d6ce.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ac46ce0eb7984970819bfb9d4c6cc9c0.jpg\" title=\"Victims of domestic violence must never subdue to it, and must report it to the police. \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Victims of domestic violence must never subdue to it, and must report it to the police. <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Photo: Unsplash\/Mika Baumeister<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a plea from the provincial commissioner for the Northern Cape, Lt Gen. Koliswa Otola, who identified gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) crimes as one of her top priorities to prevent and combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is evident in the number of GBVF related sentences that our courts in the Northern Cape are imposing on perpetrators of these crimes investigated by the 16 Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) units across the province,\u201d stated Sgt Timothy Sam, police spokesperson, who explains more of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-place-of-protection-order-in-law\"><strong>Place of protection order in law<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The police afford a victim of domestic violence protection from abuse in domestic relationships and must assist the victim to get a protection order against the abuser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protection order is an order of the court that prohibits the abuser from committing more acts of domestic violence against a victim. If contravened, the abuser may be arrested and appear in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public must note that one can apply for a protection order if you are abused by somebody with whom you are in a domestic relationship, or apply for a protection order on behalf of someone else who is a victim of domestic violence, or any person who is concerned that you are abused, including a social worker, a teacher, a health worker or a police service member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the police treat you badly or delivers poor service, make a formal complaint to the local station commander, the Inspectorate Unit of the police or lodge a complaint with the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, which has the power to investigate misconduct claims against the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-victims-of-gbvf-can-contact-the-following-lines\"><strong>Victims of GBVF can contact the following lines:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stop Gender Violence Helpline: Hotline 0800 150 150;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Child Line: 0800 055 555;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SAPS crime stop: 08600 10111; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SAPS Service Complaints Call Centre toll free number: 0800 333 177. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam remarked that it is important to note that abuse is not only between a man and a woman, where the man is the abuser and the woman the victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The person who is abusing, can be a man or a woman. 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