South Africa’s crime levels not only have an impact on individuals, families and communities, it also has serious financial implications, especially on the insurance industry as the increase in crimes lead to an increase in claims and subsequent premium increases. This week’s release of the crime statistics for the period April 2019 to March 2020 showed an […]
“Crime likely to affect forthcoming tourist season” “SA is at war with itself” “Crime stats show that situation is ‘quite bad’” These are just some of the media headlines after the release of the annual crime statistics which revealed that over 21,000 murders were recorded for the 2018/2019 year, an increase of 686 over the […]
The release of the South African crime stats lead to a lot of talk in the media, on social media as well as in public conversations. With the murder rate that continues to climb, there were a few notable decreases. Is the statistics just a subject matter at the next braai or board room meeting […]
