50 GBVF-related cases in Western Cape struck from court roll due to SAPS inefficiencies Share Cape Town - Fifty court cases in the Western Cape related to gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) between October and December, were struck off the court roll or withdrawn due to policing inefficiencies. This was revealed by Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz on Monday after he received the third quarterly report from the Court Watching Brief (CWB) Unit. The report is for the period of October 1 – 31 December 31, 2020, and has provided insight on emerging trends related to the proliferation of GBVF in the province. During the period under review, the CWB Unit monitored 139 cases that were struck off the court roll or withdrawn due to policing inefficiencies, of which 50 were GBVF related.