Opinion
Focus on violent crime welcome but likely to lead to fiddling of figures
A single-minded focus on getting the numbers of certain crimes down obscures the truth and makes for ineffective policing solutions
30 June 2019 - 00:06
In his state of the nation address last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africans should "work together to ensure that violent crime is at least halved over the next decade"...
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