Activists challenge sexual offences stats

Gender and child rights activists are up in arms over last month’s crime statistics, claiming that the section on sexual offences is “a mockery”.

Top cops 'knew stats were cooked'

Senior police deny knowledge of books being manipulated saying documents are fake. Glynnis Underhill reports.

Almost 40 000 rape cases in SA last year

More rape cases appeared on the rolls of KwaZulu-Natal courts over the past year than any other province, Jeff Radebe said on Thursday.

Armed violence kills 2 000 a day worldwide

More than 2 000 people around the world are dying from armed violence each day, on average, advocacy groups said on Tuesday.

Good citizenship key to fighting crime

What the recently released crime statistics mostly tell us about is the state of citizenship in South Africa

You got it wrong, Mr President

Expert suggests Zuma can’t tell his ‘shoot-to-kills’ from his ‘dying-to-shoots’.

Take2: Cheap shots

President Jacob Zuma threatened criminals with a shoot-to-kill policy this week, re-igniting the debate on the rights of criminals in SA.

Zuma to discuss crime with top cops

President Jacob Zuma will meet the country's police commissioners next week to discuss crime fighting initiatives, the presidency said on Friday.

Crime up, confidence down

Crime figures released this week show that the overall crime rate increased in 2008-09 by 0,3% after steady decreases in the preceding four years.

Getting away with murder

Releasing crime statistics for the 12 months to March, the Police Ministry said the number of murders fell by 3,4% to 18 148.

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