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According to the annual SAPS crime statistics released on July 31 2020, a whopping 9,714 people were murdered in a public place. File imageImage: Western Cape Gang Watch web page
ANNUAL CRIME STATISTICS

#CrimeStats | You are most likely to be killed in public in SA

From the streets, to petrol stations, to parks and parking lots, you are most likely to be killed in public, the crime statistics revealed on Friday morning. According to the annual statistics released by police minister Bheki Cele, a…

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Police minister Bheki Cele said gender-based violence, political killings and farm murders were some of the most stubborn crimes plaguing the country.Image: GCIS
FARM MURDERS

GBV, farm murders, political killings plague SA: Cele revises budget

Police minister Bheki Cele has allocated R57bn towards visible policing from the ministry’s R105.5bn budget for 2020/21. His other priorities are administration services, which were allocated R20bn, and detective services, which received…

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