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This article is more than 4 years old At an August 2018 men’s summit, South Africa’s deputy president David Mabuza quoted statistics on violence against women and children. Africa Check examined five of Mabuza’s claims, ranging from the number of women murdered each year to the share of child rape cases. Three claims – related to femicide and child rape – were correct, while one was incorrect and one unproven. Men from organisations across South Africa came together for a summit in August 2018 to develop a men’s charter and a men’s sector strategic plan for positive social change. Opening the Takuwani Riime men’s summit in KwaZulu-Natal, deputy president David Mabuza called on men to take stock of the role they play in South African society. Takuwani Riime is a Tshivenda expression meaning Let us stand up together. We have to talk as men about the pain we’ve inflicted on women and children, Mabuza said. Here we weigh up five claims Mabuza made about violence against South Africa’s women and children. ( Note: We tried to get clarity on Mabuza’s sources from his spokesperson Thami Ngwenya, but at the time of publication our request was unanswered. We will update this report when he responds. ) The South African Police Service records the number of women murdered in the country. When this data is compared with population estimates, a murder rate can be calculated. The most recent data available shows that in the 2017/18 financial year, 15.2 out of every 100,000 women were victims of murder. This is the highest the rate has been in the past five years and represents a 16% increase over the period. South Africa’s femicide rate Woman 18+ murdered Femicide rate/100,000 2013/14 2,354 13.1 2014/15 2,234 12.2 2015/16 2,416 13.0 2016/17 2,639 14.0 2017/18 2,930 15.2 Source: South African Police Service and Statistics South Africa
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