Crime Stats | National murder rate drops by 9.5%

Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia says South Africa has recorded a decline in the national murder rate, with cases dropping by 9.5 percent in the final quarter of the previous financial year.

Presenting the latest crime statistics in Pretoria, Cachalia revealed that the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal remain the most affected provinces accounting for more than 80 percent of all murders and organised crime cases in the country.

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