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# Police not coping with serious violent crime
- URL: https://www.alwihdainfo.com/police-not-coping-with-serious-violent-crime-a58920/
- Published: 2017-10-26T14:06:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-02T14:18:31.000Z
- Author: APO
- Tags: ACTUALITES, #Import 2026-04-02 14:16

A steady rise in murder and armed robbery shows police are not getting a grip on serious violent crime in South Africa, despite a budget increased by almost 50% since 2011/12 to R87 billion. This is largely due to inappropriate political interference in the police, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) said in \[response\](https://issafrica.org/crimehub/multimedia/how-safe-are-you-in-sa) to \[…\]

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