"The woman who was raped and got harassed by the station commander when she went to report the crime. This same woman became pregnant due to her rape. She last shared with the law officers that the perpetrator is out on bail and is threatening her."
What this essentially means is that the justice system no longer has to carry the greater part of the burden alone. Rather the RTTs are enablers of an effective ecosystem for victim justice and rehabilitation; not only to expedite and ensure an effective justice system but offer much-needed psychosocial support for the victims as they go through their legal journeys. The RRTs is a system that could really work if more attention is to be given to its development which entails an allocation of funding towards this initiative and also an accountability mechanism built-in for government representatives. The fear is, if we fail to integrate the system, the reality is that we will fail thousands if not millions of women in South Africa for generations to come.
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