Cele: Provinces with most Covid infections ‘almost mirror’ arrests for lockdown violations

Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Friday there was a link between the regions with the highest number of arrests and the regions with the highest infection rates.

“At one point towards the end of April when we were still on Level 5, we had about 107,000 cases opened with 118,000 people charged for contravention of the lockdown regulations. In just over a month, this number has more than doubled and is almost at 230,000 for contraventions,” said the minister. Organised crime syndicates had taken advantage of the lockdown – especially on the ban of alcohol and cigarettes – by expanding their illegal trade into illicit and counterfeit alcohol and cigarette sales.

“Again this time around, we have compared crime since the lockdown to crime over the same period in 2019.

Basic stats: Correlation is not causation

Since when is the crime rate related to Covid-19 figures Making things up does not make it true

Can you make this shit up?

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