The hysteria around so called farm murders
Someone please pass this information on to Trump: National Murder Rate: In 2022/23, South Africa had 21,325- 27,494 murders with a population of about 60 million, resulting in a murder rate of ~45 per 100,000 people. In 2017/18, the national murder rate was 35.8 per 100,000 people. Farm Murders as a Proportion of National Murders: In 2017/18, there were 62 farm murders, which constituted ~0.3% of the 20,336 total murders in South Africa. According to the Institute for Security Studies, about 13% of police precincts in South Africa had lower murder rates than the global average of 6.9 per 100,000 people. These precincts include affluent areas such as Brooklyn (Pretoria), Garsfontein (Pretoria), Camps Bay, Claremont, and Rondebosch (Cape Town). Suburbs like Sandton and Parkview in Johannesburg, Durban North, Table View, and Woodstock in Cape Town had murder rates of just under 10 per 100,000 people. In contrast, certain precincts have reported higher murder rates. For instance, the ...