Crime stats: Cele says KZN s high murder rate is worrying Updated
Nomfundo Ngcobo
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KwaZulu-Natal s murder rate went up between January and March this year - compared to the same period last year.
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He says arguments were one of the leading factors of murders. It is concerning that the Eastern Cape and the KwaZulu-Natal provinces recorded double digit increases, standing at 21,5% and 16.9% respectively. The top four causative factors of these murders still remain arguments, robberies, both residential and non-residential and street robberies, mob justice and gang-related incidents.
Nearly five thousand people were killed in South Africa in the first quarter of this year.