Murder increases by 30% in East Johannesburg
8 May 2018
Murder cases have increased in three out of four police districts in eastern Johannesburg, rising from 136 murders to 177 murders from April-February (2016-17) to April-February (2017-2018).
This is a 30% increase, which is revealed in an official reply by Gauteng Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane in a written reply to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature.
The murder statistics for the four police stations are as follows:
2016/17 2017/18