Bheki Cele, Minister of Police, on 12\u00a0September\u00a02019 announced the national crime statistics for the 2018\/2019 financial year. According to these statistics, the murder rate for the northern region increased to 6\u00a0405 in comparison with 6\u00a0066 for the 2017\/2018 financial year.<\/p>\n
According to Cele, the murder rate in Mpumalanga increased with 8%, attempted murder with 21,5%, robbery with aggravating circumstances with 4,9% and ordinary robbery surged by 3,4%.<\/p>\n
In Limpopo, murder surged by 0,3% while ordinary robbery increased with 2,4%. Attempted murder declined with 5,7% and robbery with aggravating circumstances with 0,6%.<\/p>\n
While murder in Gauteng increased with 6,2%, attempted murder in the province declined with 0,2%. Robbery with aggravating circumstances increased with 0,7%, as well as ordinary robbery with 4,6%.<\/p>\n
It is worrying that 6 405 murder cases \u2013 Mpumalanga (996), Limpopo (914) and Gauteng (4 495) \u2013 were reported at the SAPS this past financial year. AfriForum will make the northern region a focus area in terms of establishing safety structures to combat crime proactively within the framework of the law.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfriForum already has established safety structures in all the provinces and would like to make a plea to community members and other safety institutions to become involved to help combat crime,\u201d says Hillel Coetzer, AfriForum\u2019s Head of Safety for the Northern Region.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Become involved with your local AfriForum branch today: SMS your name to 45353 (R1).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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