In the three-month period 6 163 murders occurred, a 20.7% increase from the same period last year, and 9 556 rapes were reported, a rise of 7.1%. The number of sexual offences was 11 964, up 4.7%
The past 18 months have been tough for women cross-border traders, who saw their income vanish when borders closed
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/ 22 September 2009
SA’s murder rate has declined slightly, the government said on Tuesday, though a surge in robberies pushed the overall crime rate slightly higher.
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/ 18 September 2009
Security guards at shopping malls will not be armed to avoid ”war zones”, a conference heard in Johannesburg on Friday.
New security measures are needed to curb the number of armed robberies at shopping malls, the SA Council of Shopping Centres said on Friday.
A 16-month-old baby was shot dead during a robbery in Eersterust, Pretoria, police said on Wednesday.