Murder rate on the rise
The murder rate has risen in four of the country's nine provinces.
That is according to the crime statistics for 2016/2017 which are being released in Parliament.
Presenting the statistics, Norman Sekhukhune, the head of crime research and statistics at the SA Police Service, said the number of murders reported has increased by 1.8% this financial year.
Sekhukhune revealed over 19 000 murders were reported in 2016/17.
Murder - trend over a 10 year period #YindabaYakhoNawe pic.twitter.com/K3tCdPebp4
— RSA Police Minister (@MbalulaFikile) October 24, 2017
Sekhukhune also revealed which is the safest province to live in.
#CrimeStats Sekhukhune says when looking at murder, we need to look at the social ills and conditions where these crimes often take place.
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) October 24, 2017
The Eastern Cape has the worst murder ratio per 100 000 people at 55.9.
The Western Cape comes in second at 51.7 per 100 000 people.
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula is also in Parliament.
He has revealed that contact crimes dropped 2.4% in the last year.
Edited by: Marius van der Walt