ON Tuesday, the SAPS released its crime statistics for the 2016/2017 financial year – revealing that 4 014 people were murdered in the province during the period of April last year to March this year.
Furthermore, South Africa as a whole witnessed six times more murders (per 100 000) during this period than the global average, whilst carjacking and robbery with aggravated circumstances stats are at their highest for the past decade.
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