Inside the surge in Gender Based Violence
Friday, January 17, 2025 | 2440 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.
The rise in defilement and missing persons cases, particularly over the recent festive period, points not merely to a failure of policing, but to a profound and widespread societal crisis. Whilst the Police chief’s plea is rightly directed at parents, the root of this emergency runs deeper, demanding a collective response from every corner of our community. Marathe’s observations paint a picture of neglect with children left alone for...