South Africa: 49 Murders a Day
Source: newobserveronline.com
In what some politicians have described as a “war zone,” the murder rate in South Africa has risen to 49 every day—averaging out at 2 every hour, statistics released by the police in that country have revealed.
African-crime
According to the report “Crime Statistic of Republic of South Africa” issued by the South African Police Service (SAPS), 17,805 people were killed in the 12 months between April 2014 and March 2015.
This reflects an increase of 4.6 percent over the previous year, when 17,023 murders took place.
The province of Gauteng, which includes the world-known cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria, registered the highest percentage increase in the murder rate, some 10.4 percent. In 2014/2015, 3,671 people were murdered in that province, up by 346 murders from the 2013/2014 period.
The eastern seaboard province of KwaZulu-Natal registered the highest number of murders with a total of 3,810. That province has registered the highest number of murders per annum for the last ten years.
“17,805 is a number I would expect from a country at war,” said Dianne Kohler Barnard, shadow police minister of the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance.
Armed robberies, carjacking, and burglaries also increased, showing the country “lacks clear strategies to reverse this dangerous trend,” Gareth Newham, of the Institute for Security Studies thinktank, told media.
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