Crime statistics
SA’s second pandemic of 2020: gender-based violence
President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the scourge of gender-based violence a second pandemic which the country had to contend with in 2020.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Crime mostly affects poor SA communities - researcher
The three stations where the most murders in the country were reported are Nyanga, Delft and Khayelitsha.
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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'.
