GBV: Secunda Police make people aware of gender-based violence
Const Busi Mthethwa, spokesperson of the police in eMbalenhle and Secunda, said GBV is a big problem in the country and she urged victims to speak up before they lose their lives at the hands of their abusers.
The Secunda police hosted a project in the Secunda Mall on Saturday, August 27 to make people aware of gender-based violence and to give victims hope.
The project was steered by the firearms register officers (DFO) and members of the other units at the police station, the Community Policing Forum (CPF), Thuthuzela Care Centre, Curamus Victim Support and the police’s Women’s Network, as well as several volunteers distributed pamphlets and cupcakes.
The project aimed to reach out to victims of gender-based violence and their loved ones who are also affected.
W/O Liesl Horak, the DFO at Secunda Police Station, is also a survivor of GBV.
“It can happen to anyone, but there is help,” she said.
The volunteers who helped that day wore something purple in memory of victims of GBV.
Const Busi Mthethwa, spokesperson of the police in eMbalenhle and Secunda, said GBV is a big problem in the country and she urged victims to speak up before they lose their lives at the hands of their abusers.
