South Africa: Police Making a Dent in Crime - Phahlane

2 September 2016

The downward trend in crime statistics shows police are making a serious dent in reducing crime, acting police commissioner Lt-Gen Khomotso Phahlane said on Friday.

"When we say that we have made progress, sometimes it is not convincing, especially when we talk of an area where lives have been lost,"' he said ahead of presentation on the 2015/16 crime statistics on Friday.

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