A record 88,619 domestic violence complaints were received by police ... reflecting a wider use of social media, an NPA official said. Females were the victims in 1,527, or 84 percent, of the ...

Instead, a key factor behind the continued increase in cases is growing awareness of domestic violence that has spurred victims to contact police or support groups, according to the NPA.

THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in the Eastern Cape has “excused” a Patriotic Alliance Knysna councillor initially arrested over a gender-based violence related incident involving his ...