a) The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) recorded progress on all cases of sexual offences over the past five (5) years. The table below depicts progress is:
Financial Years |
Change over previous year |
Change over period |
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2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
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Sexual Offences |
67,1% |
69,0% |
70,1% |
71,7% |
72,7% |
1,1% |
6,9% |
Convictions |
5 484 |
5 084 |
4 978 |
4 780 |
5 004 |
4,7% |
-8,8% |
Verdict |
8 174 |
7 372 |
7 098 |
6 669 |
6 879 |
3,1% |
-15,8% |
Sexual offences are defined as “any case involving offences committed in terms of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act No. 32 of 2007, and may include common law rape or indecent assault.”
b) From the 2017/18 financial year, The NPA started to measure murder convictions, a 77.7% conviction rate was achieved at the end of that financial year.