Don’t drop cases against abusers, Kirkwood residents urged
Gender-based violence and poor service delivery under spotlight at imbizo
With gender-based violence having reached crisis levels, elderly women in Kirkwood say more senior citizens are being raped in winter.
And with load-shedding back, this means they are in greater danger of being raped or killed as criminals come out when the lights go out...
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