Category: Crime
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SA murder count on track for a two-year low
So far this year to September, 19,279 murders were reported in South Africa. Unless December is particularly violent, we are on track to record the first decrease in murders since 2021.
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32 of South Africa’s prisoners are children
The number of young inmates in South Africa’s prisons – those under the age of 18 – has dropped by about 83% since 2015/16, according to data from the department of correctional services. In August 2022, the age of criminal capacity was raised from 10 years of age to 12. The Child Justice Act means…
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Despite rising crime rate, SA has dire shortage of forensic experts
South Africa should ideally have 330 forensic pathologists, an expert says. Instead there are only about 50 working in the public sector.
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Women murders in SA: Filling in the details
The number of women being killed is rising. Data we’ve collected for the past 5 years gives insight into who these women were and what happened to them.
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Murder in the municipalities: 21 councillors killed in 22 months
In South Africa, the murder rate among municipal ward councillors is six times higher than the national rate of 45 murders per 100,000 people