During the official release of the crime statistics for the first quarter of the 2021/2022 financial year, Police Minister Bheki Cele announced that 10,006 people were raped between April and June 2021.

A sample of 5,439 rape cases revealed that 3,766 of these incidents took place either at the home of the victim or the home of the rapist. 487 of the rape cases were domestic violence related. 

Police stations in Inanda in KwaZulu-Natal, Delft in the Western Cape and Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape have the highest recorded incidents of rape, making them the three rape hotspots in South Africa.

Cele said that the increase of 4 201 cases, amounts to a 72.4% increase, compared to the ’’skewed’’ previous reporting period, as a result of the hard Level 5 lockdown that took place last year. This number drops to 2.8% when compared to the ’’normal’’ period prior to lockdown. 

‘The double-digit increase in most crime categories is attributed to the impact of the adjusted lockdown levels and distorted crime trends,’ said Cele. ‘While we will not sweep the high and unnatural figures under the carpet, we will instead bring to the fore a holistic picture of comparing the 2021/2022 Q1 crime figures to a ‘normal period’ two years ago where there was no lockdown.’

According to the SAPS, the following places and situations make you more vulnerable to rape:

• In dark and deserted places at night;
• If you look vulnerable (e.g. walking alone in desolate areas);
• If you appear uncertain, e.g. if you do not know where you are going;
• If you do not lock your car doors and close your windows;
• If you talk to strangers;If you stop for stranded vehicles or people;
• If your vehicle is faulty and you have to stop for help.

Some of the things that you can do to protect yourself:

• Be aware of your surroundings.
• Be alert at traffic lights and stop streets.
• Walk close to the curb and face oncoming traffic.
• Try and keep to well-lit areas or where there are people.
• Do not hitch-hike.
• Do not pick up hitch-hikers.
• Keep Securadoor Self Defence Pepper Spray with you at all times and use it when necessary.

Putting your safety in your hands, pepper spray is an ideal self-defence product that provides people in danger with an opportunity to escape.  It can be used to ward off an assailant by temporarily debilitating them when sprayed in the face. 

Securadoor Self Defence Pepper Spray is available in three useful variants:

• The Securadoor Key Ring Pepper Spray fits on your key chain for easy access and goes with you wherever you go
• The Securadoor Joggers Pepper Spray is equipped with an elastic Velcro strap that can be attached to your wrist or hand and can be used when cycling or jogging.
• The Securadoor Lipstick Pepper Spray is designed to be concealed as lipstick that comfortably fits into your pocket or handbag for easy access when needed.

Order yours today from Makro and Takealot.

South Africans might not be able to sight self-defense as a valid reason for a gun license if government has a say about it.

The country came ablaze with fears of gun owners no longer being able to apply for gun licenses for self-defense. South Africans have been taking their own safety in hand due to a lack of faith in the Police to protect and safeguard their families.

We see that people make use of private security firms and other deterrents such as electric fences, alarms and motion detectors to keep their property and their families safe.  However, the use of firearms have always been the fallback for when these fail and you are faced with a perpetrator in your house. With gun licenses now being reviewed for self-defense South African are looking elsewhere to find alternatives.

Rolph Vorster, owner of Outdoor & Velocity has seen a huge uptick in people looking for effective alternatives which can be easily come by, without the red tape commonly associated with applying for a gun license. Outdoor & Velocity is an importer for some of the largest names in air guns, pepper pistols and tazers, they pride themselves on their ability to provide these items at the best price possible in South Africa.  Their latest import for the Borner Air Pistol brand sees the Borner CLT-125 Air Pistol Kit as one of the top sellers. Other favourites are the Byrna Pepper Pistol Kit, the Umarex T4E 50cal Home Defence Revolver and the Umarex T4E HDR 50 Cal Kit with torch. 

For other self-defense products visit; https://www.outdoorandvelocity.co.za/product-category/self-defence/ 

Should you be interested in wholesale enquiries then please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  Regardless of what you’re looking for in non-lethal self defense and home defense options you should have a closer look at Outdoor & Velocity.