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South Africa:
Police Strategies Yielding Results As Organised Crime Drops
SAnews.gov.za, 20 September 2012
Organised crimes such as carjacking, cash-in-transit heists and bank robberies have decreased, according to the 2011/2012 crime statistics released by Police Minister Nathi… Read more »
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South Africa:
Police 'Winning War On Organised Crime'
SA Info, 20 September 2012
Organised crimes such as carjackings, cash-in-transit heists and bank robberies decreased in South Africa in 2011/12, according to the country's annual crime statistics. Read more »
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South Africa:
Nation's Murder Rate Down 3.1 Percent
SA Info, 20 September 2012
South Africa's murder rate continued to drop in 2011/12, with a 3.1% decrease following on the previous year's 6.5% decrease, the country's annual crime statistics reveal. Read more »
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South Africa:
Crime Stats Show That Child Protection Register Has Failed
DA, 24 September 2012
According to the new crime statistics, of the 64 514 sexual offences reported, 40% (25 862) were committed against children under the age of 18. Over the same period, 800 children… Read more »
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South Africa:
Nation's Rape Stats Down 'But Still Too High'
SA Info, 20 September 2012
While rape and sexual offences continued to decline in South Africa in 2011/12, the figures for these crimes remain unacceptably high, says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa. Read more »
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South Africa:
Rapes, Sexual Offences Declining but Still Too High - Mthethwa
SAnews.gov.za, 20 September 2012
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. Read more »
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South Africa:
Murder, Contact Crimes On the Decline
SAnews.gov.za, 20 September 2012
Police crime statistics for the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012 showed a 3.1% decrease in murders, says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa. Read more »
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South Africa:
Murder Down 3.1 Percent in Last Year - Mthethwa
SAnews.gov.za, 20 September 2012
Murder declined by 3.1% between April 1 last year and March 31 this year, along with declines in a number of other crimes such as attempted murder, assault and common assault,… Read more »
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South Africa:
Crime Stats Must Reveal Arrest and Conviction Rates
DA, 19 September 2012
The annual release of the national crime statistics tomorrow will most likely reveal incremental changes in crime statistics, but what we need is a massive and sustained drop in… Read more »