‘17,805 Murders April 2014 to March 2015, 49 Murders A Day In South Africa’

‘17,805 Murders April 2014 to March 2015, 49 Murders A Day In South Africa’

SOUTH AFRICA’s murder rate jumped 4.6 percent in the last year, official data showed Tuesday, with almost 49 people killed every day in a country battling a reputation as one of the crime capitals of the world. A total of 17,805 murders were committed from April 2014 to March 2015, an increase of 782 deaths from the year before. The government admitted that authorities were struggling to tackle the problem, but said the 10-year trend…

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