REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA COMBINED SECOND PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLE`S RIGHTS and INITIAL REPORT UNDER THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA attacked by a known community member in their area, their spouse or partner (20.9%), while only 10.5% stated that the perpetrator(s) was an unknown community member. When it comes to sexual offences, 38, 4% of victims were victimized by a known community member(s) in the area of residence.356 134. In 2010, most incidents of assault (35.7%) occurred at home, while 18.6% occurred in the streets outside offices/shops. A third (33,6%) of sexual offences (including sexual assault, rape and domestic sexual abuse) occurred in a field or in parks, followed by 29,8% that took place at home. It was recorded that 18.5% of sexual offences took place at someone else’s home. One fifth (20,6%) of the victims who were assaulted thought that the motive was jealousy; a further 17.4% thought money or other financial motives or sudden personal anger motivated the assault, whilst 12.1% asserted that they were assaulted because of long-term personal anger. Other motives mentioned by a negligible proportion of victims were attempted rape, racial, ethnic or political motivation that led to the assault, and outstanding debt. More than 90% of the perpetrators of sexual offences used physical force, followed by using a gun (31.5%) and a knife (24.5%). 135. Table 6: Gender and Age Distribution: Selected Contact Reported Crime Figures – 2011/12:357 Crime 356 357 Adult Women Adult Men Total No No % No % No 793 5.1 2286 14.6 12 530 80.3 15 609 Attempted 758 Murder 5.1 2416 16.3 11 685 78.6 14 859 Assault GBH 10 630 5.5 57 345 29.8 124 676 64 192 651 Common Assault 12 645 7 87 191 48 81 834 45 181 670 Sexual Offences 25 862 40.1 31 299 48.5 7353 11.4 64 514 Total 50 688 10.8 180 537 238 078 50.7 Murder 136. Children 38.5 % 469 3 The table above shows that while for men there are more reported incidences of murder, attempted murder and assault with GBH, for women and children sexual offences are the leading crimes reported, with that for women being the highest incident rates. Statistics – SA Victims of Crime Survey (2011) South African Police Service Crime Report: 2010/11-2011/12 174

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