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The South African Police Service (SAPS) led by Police Minister Bheki Cele presented of crime statistics for the first quarter of the 2023/24 financial year to parliament’s police portfolio committee on Friday, 18 August. It was confirmed that 6228 people were murdered in South Africa in the three-month period between April and June this year. The period in question amounts to 91 days and equates to just over 68 murders per day – or nearly 3 per hour. The numbers, when compared to a similar period last year, show a marginal 3.1% improvement on the 6424 murders reported between April and June 2022.

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