The Institute for Security Studies said the annual crime statistics were released by Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Thursday were disturbing.
Senior Researcher
at the ISS Johan Burger said government’s approach in fighting crime is not
working.
Minister Mthethwa
revealed that for the first time in six years, the number of murders in the
country has increased.
Burger said in the
presentation there was too much focus on the crimes that were going down and
these were mostly of a less serious nature and also some property crimes. Far too little focus was given to the serious
crimes and violent crimes that are on the increase.
Burger added that
it is a worrying factor that violent crimes were on an upward trend.
Meanwhile there has
been a call for the stats to be released monthly.
ISS Senior
Researcher Johan Burger said stats released monthly would help communities to
see what is happening in their neighbourhoods and start acting without the help
of police.
Burger added that
crime stats that they had two days ago were from 18 months ago, which show that
the stats might not be relevant now.
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