2017 crime stats
#CrimeStats reaction: Increase in violence against women & children a crisis
The figures show that of the more than 20,000 murders during the period, 20% were women and children.
Simon Bush was murdered last month during a house robbery.
The provincial Police Commissioner says the 2016/2017 crime stats paint a gloomy picture where around 435 cases of murder were registered.
Gauteng police commissioner Deliwe de Lange says while they are doing all they can, there’s evidence of corruption by senior officers at some stations.
Gauteng Police Commissioner Deliwe de Lange and her team presented the 2016/2017 crime statistics in the provincial legislature on Tuesday.
#BlackMonday protesters barricaded highways across the country last week to raise awareness over farm killings. Some brandished the apartheid era flag.
Data from police and community safety show increases in six different categories of crime.
Pieter Verster, aged 43, and his family were asleep when two suspects broke into their home.
Members of Parliament say for as long as the country’s high levels of unemployment and inequality are not overcome, the government will not be able to get a grip on the crime.
His teenage son was also injured in a home invasion in Stellenbosch.
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Mbalula on Wednesday morning met with police, community policing forums, NGOs and other stakeholders following Tuesday’s release of annual crime stats.
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula says that the crime stats have painted a bleak picture and the South African Police Service needs to up its game.
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has argued that the intensity of violent crimes in parts of these provinces, particularly Cape Town, calls for urgent intervention.
An analysis of sample murder cases in different provinces show that a significant proportion of the killings followed arguments or social interactions gone awry.
The centre has also called for crime stats to have a subcategory for intimate partner violence.
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula was explaining to lawmakers why his deputy could not be in the national legislature on Tuesday for the release of the annual national crime statistics.
The figures, released annually, provide an overview of crimes that have been reported to the police.
Last year's figures revealed that murder went up by 4.9% compared to the 2014/2015 period.