Police minister reports murder rates down in all provinces, except Northern Cape [SOUND]

# Police minister Senzo Mchunu says murder rates have decreased in eight of the nine provinces, with six-thousand-467 people killed between January and March – a reduction of 3.1-percent compared to the same period last year. Speaking during the release of the latest crime statistics in Pretoria, Mchunu said the Northern Cape was the only province to record an increase in murders, despite contributing just two percent to the national figure: