Inside the surge in Gender Based Violence
Friday, January 17, 2025 | 2580 Views |
Growing vice: Gender-Based Violence cases are again hitting the headlines PIC: NKAFU.ORG
Can we really proclaim that Botswana is a peaceful country when it is purging itself of human life, clearly undermining that self-proclaimed title?
Over the past festive season, police recorded 298 reported offences against persons, with 181 of them being Gender Based Violence (GBV)-linked crimes. That is 60.7% of total reported crimes being gender based.
That sounds like good news. But the report also warns that this may simply be because our digital economy is still young, not because we are safe. As more people shop, bank and pay online, criminals will follow.We Batswana do not need a report to tell us that danger is real. Many of us have heard of or fallen victim to KYC scams. A caller impersonates your bank or mobile money provider. They say they need to “verify” your account. They ask...