"Due to funding constraints, we cannot provide free legal representation to every women that comes to our offices, so for those ones we offer legal advice and support but they have to go through it on their own," she said.
The visible policing unit's Lt-Col Tshekiso Mofokeng conceded that police cannot work alone in tackling the issues that have been raised and said they have improved their approach to assisting victims of sexual and gender-based violence at police stations. He added that victims of crime were no longer required to register cases in the area where crimes were committed but should do so at the nearest police station.
"Because of this, we have piloted a floor management system that has been piloted in 40 police stations in Gauteng, to limit the potential of secondary trauma. We have trained officers to approach victims of crimes so that they can identify victims of sexual assault and direct them to a safer environment within the station," Mofokeng said.
"In some cases you know that someone has been raped just from their statements, but we do not have enough evidence to win a case. Some cases can be proven by one statement, some with DNA evidence and some require a long list of witnesses," Mathaha said.
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