Police’s GBV hurdles unresolved three decades on: Sharon Schutte’s dream deferred

The former major-general was a founding member of the first all-women rape unit in 1988

07 August 2022 - 15:32

Cross, sad, deeply disappointed, frustrated — this is how retired career policewoman Sharon Schütte feels about domestic violence in SA...

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