RISE Mzansi says decline in murder masked by escalating GBV and normalised mob justice [SOUND]

# RISE Mzansi has criticised recent police crime statistics, arguing that reported declines in contact crimes create a false sense of security while ignoring an escalating crisis of gender-based violence in the country. Between April and June this year, 305 people were murdered as a direct result of mob justice and vigilantism. RISE Mzansi’s Makashule Gana says gender-based violence accounts for a staggering 95.8-percent of all verified nine-thousand-201 rape cases: