Crime stats: Cele’s head must roll
18 February 2022
Note to Editors: Please find attached English and Afrikaans soundbites by Okkie Terblanche MP.
The latest crime statistics are further evidence in a long list of incidents of incompetence that justify why the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, must be fired
Shocking statistics recorded by the South African Police Service (SAPS) for the third quarter of the 2021/2022 financial year reveal an 8.9% increase in murder and a 3.5% increase in attempted murder when compared to the previous year. Alarmingly, there was an 11.3% increase in murder from the second quarter of 2021/22 to now.
This means that almost 75 people were murdered every day in the third quarter.