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Action Society says crime stats confirm deep crisis in South Africa’s policing system [SOUND]

# Action Society says the latest crime statistics confirm a deep crisis in the policing system, with more than five-thousand murders recorded between January and March. The organisation argues violent crime remains extremely high, while communities continue to face rising levels of rape, assault and other serious offences. Action Society’s Juanita du Preez also raised concern over gaps in policing capacity, including shortages of resources and reported lack of rape kits at some stations:

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