Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A graph of South Africa's murder rate (annual murders per 100,000 people) spanning the century from 1915 to 2023. The murder rate increased rapidly towards the end of Apartheid, reaching a peak in 1993. It then decreased until bottoming out at 30 per 100,000 in 2011, but steadily increased again to 44 per 100,000 in 2023 after a brief drop in 2020.
The list of countries by homicide rate is derived from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data, and is expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population per year. For example, a homicide rate of 30 out of 100,000 is presented in the table as "30", and corresponds to 0.03% of the population dying by homicide.
Homicide rates (from firearms) per 100,000 people by country. [1] This is a list of countries by firearm-related homicide rate per 100,000 population by year. Homicide figures may include justifiable homicides along with criminal homicides, depending upon jurisdiction and reporting standards. Not included are accidental deaths, or justifiable ...
The first suspect was detained on October 3, 2024. [7] Three suspects were arrested on October 6. [8]On October 9, prosecutors charged 45-year-old Siphosoxolo Myekethe with 18 counts of murder and one count possession of an unlicenced firearm, an AK-47 automatic assault rifle in connection with the shooting, but did not announce Myekethe's motive or connection to the victims.
The following 50 cities have the highest homicide rates in the world of all cities not at war, with a population of at least 300,000 people. [1] This is based on 2022 data from El Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal (The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice), an advocacy group from Mexico City.
South African government data indicated between 58 and 74 murders on farms annually in the period 2015–2017; out of an annual murder count of 20,000 total murders in South Africa; [25] [26] these figures are broadly consistent with figures collected by the Transvaal Agricultural Union (TAU), a farmers' union.
Pages in category "2024 murders in South Africa" ... This page was last edited on 5 September 2024, ... Statistics; Cookie statement ...
One of the four injured people later died of their injuries in a hospital. The South African Police Service stated that the motive for the attack was unknown. [30] [31] [32] 28 September 2024: Lusikisiki: Eastern Cape 18 5 2024 Lusikisiki shootings: 18 people were killed and five others were injured in two mass shootings at two homesteads in ...