Cape Town allocates R1bn to beef up fight against crime

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The Western Cape’s murder rate is 58 per 100,000 of the population, compared with a national average of 36

President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the deployment of more than 1,200 soldiers to the Western Cape to support the police in combating gang warfare in areas around Cape Town.

Crime in the city, which boast some of SA’s most-visited tourist attractions, has made headlines in recent months. In July, the luxurious Mount Nelson Hotel was robbed by a gang of 15 armed men, and later that same month a tourist from the Ukraine was stabbed to death while hiking in the Table Mountain national reserve.

 

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