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“Play is the highest form of research” – Albert Einstein It has been said that a child’s laughter could simply be the most beautiful sound in the world and that children learn through play. But what happens when children’s opportunities to play are stifled by the reality of crime in their neighbourhoods? Stats SA’s latest read more »
Media Invite:Statistician-General to release the Victims of Crime Survey 2015/16 report
MEDIA ADVISORY 10 February 2017 The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the annual results of the Victims of Crime Survey 2015/16 (VOCS) at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday, 14 February 2016. The VOCS report provides information on crime trends and households’ perceptions about safety and law enforcement. read more »
Media Release – Exploration of selected contact crimes in South Africa: In depth analysis of the Victims of Crime Survey Data
Media Release 3rd May 2016 Exploration of selected contact crimes in South Africa: In depth analysis of the Victims of Crime Survey Data According to the Victims of Crime Survey Data report released by Stats SA, more females (71,3) experienced sexual offence than their male (28,7%) counterparts; while more males (72,9%) experienced assault than read more »
MEDIA ADVISORY: In-depth analysis of Victims of Crime Survey data
MEDIA ADVISORY 29 April 2016 In-depth analysis of Victims of Crime Survey data The Statistician –General, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release Crime statistics series volume III: Exploration of selected contact crimes in South Africa (In-depth analysis of Victims of Crime Survey data: 2011–2014/15) findings on Wednesday, the 4th of May 2016. The main read more »
Victims of Crime Survey 2014/15
01 December 2015 Media Release Housebreaking on the rise as robbery drops South African households increasingly feel that the levels of violent and property crimes are increasing and this makes it unsafe to walk in parks or even allow their children to play freely in their neighbourhoods, this is according to the results of the read more »
Mbalo Brief – March 2024
South Africa has been experiencing drier and hotter weather in the last few months. According to the South African Weather Service (SAWS) the heatwave that started on Sunday, 19 November 2023 and reached its peak on 27 November, broke records for being the hottest November in the country. On the 27th of November, more than read more »
Lifting the veil on violence against children in South Africa
A report released by Statistics South Africa titled Child Series Volume II: Crime Against Children shows that rape cases for children increased by 6,3 percentage points between 2015/16 and 2019/20, whilst both common assault and assault with grievous bodily harm (GBH) decreased by 2,1 and 3,5 percentage points respectively. Moreover, sexual assault cases for children read more »
Trust in Government, Access to Services, and the Shadow of Corruption
Access to government services is a cornerstone of any well-functioning society. In the realm of governance, the relationship between access to government services, levels of trust in government and public institutions, and individual experiences of corruption significantly impacts the overall well-being of a society. These factors are integral to the effectiveness and legitimacy of a read more »
Mbalo Brief – November 2022
Reports of crime have become a common issue in today’s society. According to the Victim Support organisation, crime is “a deliberate act that causes physical or psychological harm, damage to or loss of property, and is against the law.” This includes acts such as murder, car theft, resisting arrest, possession or dealing of illegal drugs, public read more »
Statistics South Africa to use telephonic data collection for Quarterly Labour Force Survey (Q2) 2020
Media Release 28 April 2020 Statistics South Africa to use telephonic data collection for Quarterly Labour Force Survey (Q2) 2020 The lockdown and progression of the pandemic resulted in the discontinuation of face-to-face data collection on 19 March 2020. Further to this, Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA) Executive Committee took a decision to suspend read more »