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The latest data shows that contact crimes and rapes are on the rise. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images).

Police crime statistics: Spike in murders of women and children

The latest data shows that contact crimes and rapes are on the rise

4 min read
The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure made the additional deployment as social media mobilisation against the election results continued. (File photo by Jaco Marais/Getty Images)

Department of Police

There have been seven police ministers over the past three decades and not one has cracked a decent crime busting grade

  • M&G Digital
9 min read

Kidnapping for ransom surges in South Africa

Criminals treat abduction and extortion as a business transaction and wealthy individuals increasingly insure against it

  • Des Erasmus
7 min read