South Africa’s murder rate rose again last year, official statistics showed Tuesday, with over 20,000 killed across the country — about 57 a day — as police admitted they were struggling to keep control. A total of 20,336 people were killed in the 12 months to March this year, up from 19,016 the previous year. It borders close to the war zone while there is a peace, there is no war in South Africa,” Police Minister Bheki Cele told reporters. “The figures that always scare me are murder figures,” he said. “South Africans must not take it as a norm that they can be hijacked, robbed and killed every day.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 11, 2018 10:25 UTC