By Daanyaal Matthews The recently released Quarterly Crime Statistics have indicated a significant decrease in crime across the Western Cape with the region experiencing a decrease in reported murder, however, while the overall crime decrease in the Western Cape have been welcomed crime ‘hotspots’, primarily those within the Cape Flats,[…]
Forty more women and 50 children were killed between April and June 2023 than in the corresponding period the previous year, dealing a blow to the fight to tackle violence against women and children. This was revealed by police top brass, led by police minister Bheki Cele, during the presentation[…]
Police Minister Bheki Cele said the country has a serious illegal firearm problem, adding, however, that perpetrators use a variety of weapons to commit murder. On Friday, Cele presented the latest crime stats for the third quarter, covering the period between October 2022 and December 2022. The statistics show a[…]
The Liquor Traders Association says while alcohol abuse remains one of the biggest contributors to crime in South Africa – the public has an equal responsibility to curb the crisis. Police Minister Bheki Cele released the latest crime statistics on Friday – showing very high contact crime in communities with[…]
The latest crime statistics have revealed that KwaZulu-Natal is the country’s most deadly province. Two of the province’s police stations recorded the highest number of murders between April and June this year. KwaZulu-Natal is followed by the Western Cape and Gauteng. But it’s the Eastern Cape that has recorded the[…]
By: Aneeqa du Plessis As National Child Protection Week draws to an end, more than 3,300 kidnappings were reported between January and March this year alone. According to the quarterly crime statistics presented by National Police Minister Bheki Cele to parliament on Friday morning, this is an increase of 109.2%,[…]
Attacks on women and children have recorded major increases in the first three months of this year. This is according to the latest police statistics that also show an overall 22.2% increase in murder compared to the corresponding period last year. Police Minister Bheki Cele and SAPS management briefed the[…]
The number of sexual offences reported to police in the first three months of the year increased by 13.7% to 13,799, an increase of 1,666 from the same time last year. The quarterly crime stats will be announced by police minister Bheki Cele at noon on Friday after the preliminary[…]
Amnesty International SA said the high rate of crime in SA was a “shocking” concern for the right to life and the government’s failure to protect people. On Friday the police ministry released quarterly crime statistics which pointed to an 8.9% increase in murder between October and December 2021. “It[…]
The South African Police Service (SAPS) and Stats SA have published quarterly crime statistics for the second quarter of the 2020/21 period, covering criminal activity reported between July and September 2020. The data shows a massive up-tick in criminal activity almost across the board when comparing numbers against the previous[…]
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