Today, DA Spokesperson on Corruption, Phumzile Van Damme, and DA Women’s Network Western Cape Provincial Leader, Wendy Philander, will conduct an oversight inspection of the Khayelitsha Magistrates Court facilities available for victims of sexual violence.

In 2017, Khayelitsha was among the ten precincts with the highest number of reported sexual offences cases in the Western Cape. Despite this, the Khayelitsha Magistrate Court is yet to be declared a sexual offences court.

Counsellors available for survivors of sexual violence at the court do not have private spaces in the court and therefore often counsel survivors in a room shared with other court staff, or in a tiny interview room in the holding cells below the court. This is just one example of conditions at that court that contribute to secondary victimization.

Victims of sexual violence and abuse deserve to be treated with the utmost care and dignity.

It is incumbent upon the ANC National Government to ensure that these facilities are up to standard.

Details of the event are as follows:

Date: Today, 28 November 2018

Time: 10: 30

Address: Cnr, Walter Sisulu Road & Steve Biko Road, Khayelitsha, Cape Town

 
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