Overview
- Gauteng reported on Sunday that 21 of 67 directives in its 90-day gender‑based violence and femicide plan are complete, 38 are underway and eight have not started.
- The province has sent 1,022 response teams into 122 designated high‑risk areas and bolstered 10 police stations that record the highest numbers of rape cases.
- Authorities carried out 7,322 liquor‑outlet inspections, issued hundreds of notices and shut down 20 illegal or noncompliant taverns to curb alcohol‑related violence.
- Officials have begun a digital fingerprint audit and prioritised DNA testing for rape and murder cases but say Gauteng still lacks a forensic backlog baseline and age profiling, work they target to finish in early November.
- Police have made arrests in several Ekurhuleni murder probes but investigations continue, and weekly intergovernmental meetings plus expanded shelters, courts and medical‑legal clinics are being used to speed case work and support survivors.