How 39,352 People were murdered in South Africa in two years is still a subject of concern as this leaves a big question mark to the nations security. Just “Between 2017 to 2018, not less than 20,336 people were murdered” – The South African Minister of Police, Bheki Cele stated, he added that “South Africa is close to being a war zone”.
Reports from NAN shows that 19,016 people were murders between April 2016 to March 2017 alone, adding the record of 2017/2018, the number is totalling 39,352 within a space of two years.
Presenting the statistics, Cele said: “never again can we come here to give such statistics.
“It cannot be that South Africans are put under such fear, such stress and such murder.”
He said murders of women and children had also increased.
Cele also said rape was up 0.5 per cent, with 40,035 recorded instances compared to 39,828 in 2017.
South Africa is known internationally for its violent crime, but annual statistics are often disputed, especially rape figures.
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