Those planning to use the EFF's national shutdown to loot and commit crime are being warned: Police will be on high alert.🚔 Full story here ➡️
Gauteng Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Elias Mawela speaks at a briefing on Gauteng's third quarter crime statistics, 14 March 2023, in Johannesburg. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen
As the Economic Freedom Fighters prepares to embark on a national shutdown on Monday, police say they are on high alert to avoid a repeat of the July 2021 riots. An increase of 168 rape cases were reported . Sexual assault increased by 8.5% . Attempted sexual offences increased by 26.2%, from 65 cases in 2021 to 82 cases during the same period in 2022.Mawela said assault GBH and common assault were the main contributors to the overall figure of contact crimes.
“We have been appealing to the public to find ways other than violence to resolve conflicts,” he said.It was disheartening that even with all their efforts, the statistics showed the police did not do well as they have lost their overall crime category for the quarter under review, Mawela added.Over 100 people were killed due to mob justice, a sign that people were beginning to take matters into their own hands because of the lack of trust in the police.
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