19,202 murders in one year

Staggering. But true, 19,202 people murdered in South Africa from 1/4/06 to 31/3/07 (that’s more than 2 every hour). During the same period 126,558 violent robberies (these are official SAPS crime stats btw). Luckily, there were ‘only’ 52,617 rapes, a 5% decrease.