Thursday, January 23, 2025

SA Has A New Kidnapping Capital

This is based on South Africa’s latest crime stats for the second quarter of the year, released by Police Minister Bheki Cele in Pretoria yesterday.

Wednesday Morning Spice

SA 2016/17 crime stats. UCT Fees Must Fall trouble looming. Republicans turn on Trump. Malema says he’s been hacked. Airbnb’s African market. Former umpire Darrell Hair is a thief. Harry Styles groped. Hunter S Thompson series.

Police Unveil Crime Stats – “Worst In 10 Years”

Well, this is bad news. The the annual crime statistics were released in Pretoria today, and revealed that the murder rate is up 0.6% this year after an annual decline since 2007. And there are loads more people trying to kill other people, but not succeeding. Attempted murder has also increased 6,5% over the past year.

According To An ‘Expert’, Increased Crime Is Now A Good Thing

Gareth Newham, head of the crime and justice programme at the Institute for Security Studies, is claiming that the increase in drug-related crimes, possession of illegal firearms and drunk driving are a good thing. According to him it doesn’t mean more crime it means more criminals being arrested. A spokesperson from ‘Fake it ‘til you make it SA’ had this to say: ‘stop talking kak.’