South Africa’s murder rate is up 1.4 percent with some 57 people being murdered a day while the rape and sexual assault rate grew to 4.6 percent compared to the previous year.
This came when Police Minister Bheki Cele, national police commissioner Khehla Sitole and his team presented the country’s crime statistics in Parliament’s police portfolio committee on Thursday morning.
The total numbers of murders recorded were 21,022; 686 more than the previous reporting year.
Attempted murder grew 4.1 percent to 18,980, while assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm was up 2.2 percent to 170,979.
Rape and sexual assault was also on the rise, reaching 52,420 cases reported, a 4.6 percent increase compared to the previous year.
The stats quickly started trending on social media with some people weighing in their thoughts.
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