South Africa: Rapes, Sexual Offences Declining but Still Too High - Mthethwa

20 September 2012

Pretoria — Despite the decrease in sexual offences and rapes indicated in the crime statistics for the 2011/2012 financial year, the figures for these crimes remained unacceptably highly.

This is according to Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa who released the national crime statistics on Thursday.

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