CAPE TOWN - A total R1.6 billion has been allocated to activities aimed at combating Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF), with an additional R50 million to provincial baselines.

This was heard when the Acting Minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, tabled the 2026/27 Budget Vote for the Ministry of Police on Tuesday.

Cachalia said policing alone can not solve crime, which he says is driven by deep social and economic challenges.

It is such challenges that require a whole-of-government and whole-of-society response, he added.

“Government remains firmly committed to tackling Gender-Based Violence and Femicide.”

Between October and December 2025, a total of 14,547 sexual offences were reported.

That is 426 fewer than the same period the previous year. Most cases were rapes, totaling to 11,430 cases.

KwaZulu-Natal had the highest number of sexual offences at 2,842, followed by Gauteng with 2,719, Eastern Cape with 2,314, and Western Cape with 2,014. The

Northern Cape had the lowest, with 432 cases.