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A mourner holds a placard demanding justice for Tshegofatso Pule at her funeral in Meadowlands, Soweto. The murdered 28-year-old was laid to rest on 11 June 2020. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

Crime statistics

SA’s second pandemic of 2020: gender-based violence

By Kgomotso Modise

President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the scourge of gender-based violence a second pandemic which the country had to contend with in 2020.

  • Home invasions have increased by 8.5%. Picture: pixabay.com

    Police: Criminals desperate to cash in over festive season

    Bheki Cele said the police needed to do more to clamp down on the crime, which sometimes claimed the lives of bystanders and community members.

    158 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele releases the first quarter crime statistics for 2020/2021 at a media briefing on 14 August 2020. Picture: GCIS

    Cele: Govt doesn't want to criminalise citizens who broke lockdown rules

    Police Minister Bheki Cele said that it was worrying that almost 300,000 people were arrested for contravening the Disaster Management Act during lockdown.

    249 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele during a media briefing on crime statistics in Pretoria on 31 July 2020. Picture: GCIS

    SA's crime situation benefited from alcohol sales ban, says Cele

    The Police Minister Bheki Cele released the latest available crime statistics for offences committed from April to June this year.

    250 days ago
  • Springbok Public Order Policing unit members with the drugs confiscated from a truck driver on 7 June 2020. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    Over 2 million drug-related crimes in SA over past 10 years

    Police Minister Bheki Cele and the service’s top brass issued the latest crime statistics on Friday which showed that crimes due to alcohol and drug influence are on the rise.

    263 days ago
  • FILE: Demonstrators gather near the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Sandton on 13 September 2019 in protest against gender-based violence. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    ISS urges SAPS to improve its image among South Africans

    The national crime statistics were released on Friday reflecting crimes committed from April 2019 to March this year.

    263 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele during a media briefing on crime statistics in Pretoria on 31 July 2020. Picture: GCIS

    ISS highlights ‘silver lining’ in latest crime stats

    Police Minister Bheki Cele presented the annual crime statistics for South Africa on Friday for the period between April last year to March this year.

    263 days ago
  • FILE: A hijacked truck. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    Business robberies on the rise, truck hijackings increase by 1.7%

    The crime statistics show that there was a 3% increase in robberies at non-residential premises.

    263 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele during a media briefing on crime statistics in Pretoria on 31 July 2020. Picture: GCIS

    Cele: Murder, sexual offences, taxi-related violence on rise in SA

    The Police Ministry presented the data covering the period between April last year to March this year.

    264 days ago
  • FILE: Police Minister Bheki Cele during a media briefing in Pretoria on 22 May 2020. Picture: Twitter

    Educational institutions seeing increase in sexual violence - Cele

    Police Minister Bheki Cele on Friday said that certain categories of sexual offences recorded had decreased while other categories were on the increase.

    264 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter.

    June a terrible month for women, says Cele ahead of crime stats announcement

    Police Minister Bheki Cele warned that the lockdown period had increased the number of domestic abuse cases as many women and children found themselves stuck in their homes.

    264 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele during media briefing on Crime statistics during COVID-19 lockdown in Pretoria on 22 May 2020. Picture: Twitter

    Minister Cele's key points on crime during lockdown

    In his briefing, Police Minister Bheki Cele compared the statistics from March 2019 and during the lockdown.

    333 days ago
  • Western Cape Premier Alan Winde in the Western Cape legislature on 22 May 2019. Picture: @WesternCapeGov/Twitter

    WC plan to fight crime to include targeting cheap alcohol, youth employment

    The provincial government is investing more than R1 billion into the training and deployment of 3,000 new law enforcement officers.

    579 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Premier Alan Winde speaks at a crime summit in Paarl on 14 July 2019. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    WC govt to fork out over R1bn to train 3,000 new cops

    Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said more serious measures were needed to curb violent crime in the Cape, which was on the rise.

    580 days ago
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    Delft teen (14) due in court after stabbing his father to death

    It’s understood the incident followed an argument on Monday evening.

    580 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of Police Bheki Cele. Picture: EWN.

    Bheki Cele grilled in Parly over latest crime stats

    Police committee chairperson Tina Joemat-Pettersson questioned police officials on how they intended fighting gender-based violence.

    581 days ago
  • FILE: Illegal firearms. Picture: EWN

    Gun Free SA says illegal firearms must be destroyed more often

    The mass destruction of illegal firearms only happens a few times a year. But it's not enough, argues the advocacy group.

    582 days ago
  • Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN.

    Crime mostly affects poor SA communities - researcher

    The three stations where the most murders in the country were reported are Nyanga, Delft and Khayelitsha.

    585 days ago
  • Crime stats: An average of 114 rapes reported every day in SA

    Minister of Police Bheki Cele released the crime stats for South Africa on 12 September 2019, admitting that ‘not everything is rosy'.

    585 days ago
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