Since then murder (both the rate and the number) has again been on the increase. [...] These include: Increasing staffi ng and resources for Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Off ences Units; Improving the process of applying for protection orders and fi rearms for self-defence; Establishing an inquiry and public hearings into criminality within the police; Increasing the powers of Community Police Forums; and Granting communi- ties the power to elect station commanders. [...] SA continues to lose the war on crime — Marius Roodt 2FreeFACTS l No 8/2019 l August 2019 l Issue 16 Institute of Race Relations Crime Since the end of apartheid over 500 000 South Africans have been murdered and there have been nearly 1.5 million sexual off ences. [...] The reasons behind this will be complex but some of the rise can be linked to the hollowing out of the SAPS (along with many other South African institutions) after Jacob Zuma became President. [...] This is possibly due to the eff ective decriminalisation of marijuana in the country.
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