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A graph of South Africa's murder rate (annual murders per 100,000 people) spanning the century from 1915 to 2022. The murder rate increased rapidly towards the end of Apartheid, reaching a peak in 1993. It then decreased until bottoming out at 30 per 100,000 in 2011, but steadily increased again to 41 per 100,000 in 2021 after a brief drop in 2020.
South African criminal law is the body of national law relating to crime in South Africa.In the definition of Van der Walt et al., a crime is "conduct which common or statute law prohibits and expressly or impliedly subjects to punishment remissible by the state alone and which the offender cannot avoid by his own act once he has been convicted."
South African farm attacks (Afrikaans: plaasaanvalle) are violent crimes, including murder, assault and robbery, that take place on farms in South Africa. The attacks target both white and black farmers.
Violent crime in South Africa has spiked over the past decade after a period when it decreased substantially. There were 27,494 killings in South Africa in the year to February 2023, compared with ...
South Africa's Police Service (SAPS) releases the country's crime statistics. The crime category "sexual offences" includes a wide range of sexual offences, including rape, sexual assault, incest, bestiality, flashing, and other crimes. [1] SAPS releases statistics on reported rapes every quarter, as well as an annual report (financial year ...
Basson, Pierre. The Insurance Killer, South Africa's First Recorded Serial Killer. 1903–1906. 9. 9+. Committed suicide to avoid apprehension. Murdered people in Claremont, Cape Town so he could get their life insurance. [5] Brown, John Frank.
South Africa is the most unequal country in the world, according to the World Bank. ... crippling power cuts and rising violent crime. Black South Africans, who make up 81% of the population, are ...
Ramaphosa has campaigned on the ANC's successes over the last 30 years, but critics say he has offered little in the way of new solutions to South Africa's biggest challenges, including high crime ...