SA records decline in murder, contact crimes in first quarter
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia says South Africa has recorded a decline in murder and several other serious contact crimes in the first quarter of the 2026/2027 financial year.
He says crimes such as carjacking, residential; business and cash-in-transit robberies have also decreased.
Cachalia has attributed the progress to intelligence-led policing, targeted operations and improved co-operation between law enforcement agencies.
Cachalia released the crime statistics at a media briefing in Pretoria.
“We are making progress, and I do know that is because we’re seeing what’s going on in the Madlanga Commission every day, and because every day our people experience violent crime, it’s difficult to believe, but there is progress. And I am willing to say that again. I said that at the last media conference: there is progress, that the police are making progress in the fight against crime.”
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-Report by Culvin Mabasa