By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has revealed shocking rape statistics that show that a woman is raped in Bulawayo every day.

Acting Bulawayo spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele told a local publication: 

The bushy area near UCE has become a hot spot, a week hardly passes without a case of rape or robbery being recorded. We have also received a lot of rape cases from a section of Cowdray Park which is under construction.

Some of the people live in houses without doors, as a result rapists pounce on them while they are sleeping and rape them and get away with their property. I can confirm that on average per month we receive 20 to 30 cases of rape in Bulawayo province which is saddening and shocking.

I would like to urge members of the public to urgently make a police report within 72 hours when one of their relatives has been raped so that she can get post-exposure prophylaxis medication which helps to prevent one from getting pregnant or contracting HIV and other STIs.-BMetro