Crime & justice How many men and women were murdered in South Africa in 2021? Source SAPS Annual Report 2020/21 Short answer How many men and women were murdered in South Africa in 2021? The South African Police Service's annual report recorded 19,904 murders in 2020/21, a 6.7% decrease from the 2019/20 figure of 21,341. Of the victims, 2,655 were women and 16,367 were men. ... Back Full answer
Crime & justice How many people are killed by the police in South Africa in a year? Source SAPS Annual Report 2020/21 Short answer How many people are killed by the police in South Africa in a year? The South African Police Service's annual report recorded 19,904 murders in 2020/21 ... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Crime & justice How many men and women were murdered in South Africa in 2021 Source SAPS Annual Report 2020/21 Short answer How many men and women were murdered in South Africa in 2021 The South African Police Service's Annual Report recorded 19,904 murders in 2020/21, a 6.7% decrease from the 2019/20 figure of 21,341. Of those victims, 2,655 were women and 16,367 were men. ... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Crime & justice Has the farming of marijuana been legalised in South Africa yet? Source Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others v Prince (Clarke and Others Intervening)c Short answer Has the farming of marijuana been legalised in South Africa yet? On 18 September 2018, the South African Constitutional Court decriminalised the use and cultivation of cannabis in a private space. Even though private use of cannabis has been decriminalised–the buying and selling of cannabis, cannabis oil and cannabis seeds remains illegal.The ... Back Full answer
Sex & gender Crime & justice Covid-19 Did gender-based violence increase during lockdown? Source Department of Social Development Short answer Did gender-based violence increase during lockdown? According to the Department of Social Development, more people contacted the Gender-Based Violence Command Centre during the first two months of South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown. The government established the call centre to “provide immediate care, support and counselling to victims of... Back Full answer
Covid-19 Economy Sex & gender Were men or women more likely to lose a job during South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown? Source Gender and the early effects of the Covid-19 crisis in the paid and unpaid economies in South Africa Short answer Were men or women more likely to lose a job during South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown? The release of South Africa’s official unemployment numbers for the second quarter of 2020 (April to June) has been delayed. According to an analysis of National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey data, women accounted for the bulk of net job losses. This is “because wo... Back Full answer
Economy What is the average household expenditure in South Africa? Source Living Conditions Survey 2014/15 (Statistics South Africa) Short answer What is the average household expenditure in South Africa? South Africans had an average household expenditure of R103,293 from October 2014 to October 2015.... Back Full answer
Crime & justice How many people are killed by the police in South Africa in a year? Source Independent Police Investigative Directorate Short answer How many people are killed by the police in South Africa in a year? The Independent Police Investigative Directorate defines death as a result of police action as the death of any person caused or believed to have been caused by a member of the national or municipal police service.In 2017/18, a recorded 558 people died as a result of police action. In the 2018/19 fi... Back Full answer