DA demands detailed crime statistics on crimes against women and children [SOUND]

# The DA has written to the acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, demanding that the upcoming crime statistics provide accurate, disaggregated data on crimes against women and children. This comes after president Cyril Ramaphosa announced a plan to address gender-based violence and femicide, including a funded plan to reduce forensic backlogs and identify the resources required. The DA’s Lisa Schickerling says government cannot properly allocate resources to fight this scourge when the very crime statistics on which any strategy must be based are inherently wrong: