Help halt domestic violence - police chief

Speaking at a Botswana Police organised workshop, the Commanding Officer, Alakanani Makobo, said this week that statistics showed that women "are the ones who are mostly abused than men".  He said that since the beginning of the year police have recorded 34 cases of rape in which men were the perpetrators. Threats to kill were also recorded, of which 26 involved men and two women.

"It shows that women are the most affected when it comes to domestic violence," Makobo lamented. He said that domestic violence can be caused by a lot of things and women are the ones who are left mourning in the end. He said in a relationship one may find that one lacks economic support and when the partner starts to abuse them they cannot go anywhere since they are dependent on the abuser.