painted a “bleak picture” as murder, rape and assault levels went up during the fourth quarter of 2020 from the beginning of October to the end of December.Speaking at a media briefing on Friday, 19 February Cele said the statistics laid bare policing gaps, that SAPS needed to reflect and pull up its socks to deal with the problem. This was in stark contrast to the “crime holiday” he described in response to theMurder statistics rose by 6.6%, rape increased by 1.
More than 12,200 rape cases were reported between October and December 2020 of which, close to 5,000 happened at the victim’s or the perpetrator’s home. Over 1,300 rape cases were linked to alcohol consumption, with a small number happening at shebeens. The alcohol ban was reinstated in late December, near the end of the reporting period for the statistics.“I received so many calls… to say police are not treating well the cases of rape and the cases of sexual abuse,” he said.
Inanda and Umlazi in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape’s Lusikisiki police stations recorded the highest incidents of rape. Inanda and Umlazi’s rape figures have remained high since theCele said between October and December, 129 life sentences were handed down in response to gender-based violence and femicide.
If he spent less time getting publicity on beaches, visiting Nkandla etc and rather focus on his job, we may see less crime
Yup, Cele & Co were chasing lone surfers off the beaches due to the inept MYANC regime's UNCONSTITUTIONAL REGULATIONS.