All police stations now have rape evidence collection kits, Cele assures MPs
14 November 2019
All police stations now have sufficient rape evidence collection kits, Police Minister Bheki Cele assured the National Assembly on Wednesday.
In September, Cele said all police stations would have the kits by October 14. However, he missed the deadline, despite President Cyril Ramaphosa having said he would monitor this himself.
When Ramaphosa answered questions in the National Council of Provinces on October 10, DA MP Cathy Labuschagne asked him to undertake that this would indeed be the case.
"We are now on a drive to ensure all police stations will have their own rape kits," Ramaphosa said.