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This story brings alive the daily experience of township dwellers in Nyanga, the Cape Flats township that helps give Cape Town the title of the world’s murder capital.
While the murder rate in South Africa is still dramatically down from where it was in 1995, under the Zuma years, the figures have been steadily climbing.
Researchers at the University of Pretoria have published an intriguing study of how the weather affects patterns of crime in South Africa. They focused on Tshwane and looked at whether crime levels varied with the weather – they were particularly interested in the impact of heat and rain.
The DA has asked central government to deploy soldiers to the Cape Flats to curb violent crime, gangsterism and drugs 13 times in the past six years and last week organised a “SendTheArmyNow” march from Nyanga to Manenberg.
Revellers done by 6pm and restaurants and bars shift focus to lunch and breakfast.
Crime data show that SA’s murder rate is 10-20 times that of Australia, the UK, Israel, Italy, and India – it’s even five times higher than the violent USA.
There’s only two things you need to know today: 1. Here’s the oddest story you’ll read all year: that stats show that the UK has more violent crime than SA. True’s Bob! Hard to believe, I must say, and I think our gun-toting culture may be a more fatal form of violence than the knife-happy … Read more