MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                                                    26 September 2019

Statistician-General to release the Victims of Crime 2018/19 report

The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the Victims of Crime 2018/19 report on Thursday, next week.

The report is extracted from the Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS), which replaced the Victims of Crime Survey (VOCS) when that survey was expanded to include themes on governance, public safety, access to justice, and social cohesion. The current report will cover incidents involving vehicle hijacking, and home robbery. The victims of crime report also compliment the official crime statistics released by the police.

The results of the GPSJS: Victims of Crime report will be released at a media briefing to be held on Thursday, 3 October 2019 in Pretoria.

The media briefing will be held as follows:

Date: Thursday, 3 October 2019

Time: 10:30

Venue: Stats SA head office: ISIbalo House, 75 Koch St, Salvokop, Pretoria

 RSVP:

Oteng Makgotlwe Tel: 012 406 3407 Cell: 066 481 2025 Email: otengma@statssa.gov.za

Gift Madiega Tel: 012 406 3404 Cell: 066 481 2284 Email: giftmad@statssa.gov.za

For media enquiries contact:
Felicia Sithole

Tel: (012) 339 2401

Cell: 076 430 0693

Email: felicias@statssa.gov.za