{"id":16607,"date":"2014-10-28T10:05:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T08:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=16607"},"modified":"2014-10-28T10:05:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T08:05:20","slug":"the-rainbow-nation-cauldron-of-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=16607","title":{"rendered":"The rainbow nation \u2013 cauldron of crime"},"content":{"rendered":"
Another day, more shocking headlines of another life lost to crime.\u00a0 RIP Senzo Meyiwa. While headline stories like Shrien Dewani, Oscar and the latest high profile murder of Meyiwa occasionally draw attention to the high rate of crime in our country, crime never sleeps, it never rests, and it never pauses for a second.\u00a0 Most people are not even aware of how bad it really is, which is why I\u2019d like to draw attention to the SAPS reported crime stats below which relate to the period 1 April 1994 \u2013 31 March 2014.\"Kevin_King\"<\/a>Note that these figures should be regarded as the minimum as many crimes are not reported to the police.<\/p>\n

Murder<\/h3>\n

During this period, the SAPS reported a total of 409,954 murders.\u00a0 That equates to 20,497 per year, 56 per day.\u00a0 A murder occurred every 26 minutes.<\/p>\n

Culpable Homicide<\/h3>\n

We\u2019re all aware of this crime category given the latest developments in the Oscar Pistorius trial.\u00a0 Besides murder, this is the only other crime in which a life is taken by another and one would assume it would be serious.\u00a0 Unfortunately it is seldom mentioned in the media and often left out of police reports and if you look at the official crime stats presented by the police each year, it\u2019s not classified as a \u201cSerious Crime\u201d.\u00a0 It\u2019s a fact; the killing of Reeva Steenkamp is not classified as a \u201cSerious Crime\u201d according to the SAPS.<\/p>\n

During this period, the SAPS reported a total of 243,939 culpable homicides.\u00a0 That equates to 12,197 per year, 33 per day.\u00a0 A culpable homicide has occured every 43 minutes.<\/p>\n

This means that during this period, a total of 653,893 have been killed in reported homicides.\u00a0 That equates to 32,695 per year, 90 per day.\u00a0 A homicide occurred every 16 minutes.<\/p>\n

Serious Crimes<\/h3>\n

Here are the numbers for the 20 categories of \u201cSerious Crimes\u201d reported by the SAPS during this period:<\/p>\n