The two provinces became the murder capitals of South Africa during the July 1 to September 30 period, accounting for 1 744 and 536 deaths respectively, of the total 6 163 total deaths recorded for that period.
“Among the many other factors that contributed to the increase in murders,” Cele said, “was the July unrest, which affected mostly KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.” Cele said that the Western Cape was the only province that recorded a decrease in murders because of the resources that were dedicated to that province. The Western Cape is notorious for gangsterism.Out of the top 30 murder stations, the Harare, Khayelitsha and Nyanga police stations in Western Cape recorded decreases in their murder figures.
KZN also led in the number of police officer murders. Out of 23 cops killed in the country, six were killed in KZN and four in the Western Cape and Gauteng.Rapes recorded increased by 7.1%
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