NEWS ANALYSIS: SA’s crime situation still resembles a war zone
Latest statistics show that far from things getting better, as the police minister vowed in 2018, they have become worse
02 August 2020 - 18:56
Back in September 2018, police minister Bheki Cele described SA’s crime situation as being close to a war zone.
“On average 57 people are murdered a day, which brings us close to a war zone ... yet we are not at war‚” Cele told MPs at the time, citing the 2017/2018 crime statistics. ..
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