“Should the community adopt better acceptable means of conflict management and reduce substance abuse, surely some categories of crime, such as domestic violence, gender-based violence, murder and attempted murder, will be reduced?”
There was a 45.2% increase in murders in the province, or 1,403 people killed during this period. This is 437 more people murdered compared to the same period in 2020/2021.
Mawela said the analysis of murder cases has shown again the “majority of causative factors are arguments, misunderstandings (not domestic-related), road rage and provocation”.
He said the number included five police officers, one killed while on-duty and four who were murdered while off-duty. He said another officer was killed on Monday, raising the number to six.
Crime stats: ‘Season of discontent’, as Gauteng murder rates up 45.2%
Image: Screengrab via YouTube/Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Murder rates in Gauteng have increased sharply.
“The honeymoon is over,” Gauteng police commissioner Lt-Gen Elias Mawela said when he presented the province’s fourth quarterly crime statistics for the 2021/22 financial year to the legislature’s portfolio committee on community safety on Tuesday morning. This covers crimes committed between January and March this year. He referred to the stats as a “season of discontent”.
Mawela said Gauteng contributed 27.6% of murder cases to the national toll.
Assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm, common assault and robbery with aggravating circumstances contributed 33% to overall crime in Gauteng.
“The social ills within our communities are the main root causes for assault incidents.
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“Should the community adopt better acceptable means of conflict management and reduce substance abuse, surely some categories of crime, such as domestic violence, gender-based violence, murder and attempted murder, will be reduced?”
There was a 45.2% increase in murders in the province, or 1,403 people killed during this period. This is 437 more people murdered compared to the same period in 2020/2021.
Mawela said the analysis of murder cases has shown again the “majority of causative factors are arguments, misunderstandings (not domestic-related), road rage and provocation”.
He said the number included five police officers, one killed while on-duty and four who were murdered while off-duty. He said another officer was killed on Monday, raising the number to six.
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