Community Safety
- How many cases of (i) gang-related murder and (ii) gang-related attempted murder in the Western Cape in the (aa) 2014/15; (bb) 2015/16 and (cc) the current financial year, (b) for each financial year, what is the total number of conviction obtained for (i) gang-related murder and (ii) gang-related attempted murder?
- The South African Police Service informed me as follows:
(a &b) (i) Gang related murder:
(aa) 2014/2015
|
Total Charges |
Total Number of Suspects Charged |
Guilty |
Not Guilty |
Withdrawn |
Struck off Court Roll |
On Court Roll |
Still Under Investigation (No Suspect Arrested) |
Warrant if Arrest Issued |
|
528 |
334 |
23 |
31 |
42 |
47 |
62 |
228 |
51 |
(bb) 2015/2016
|
Total Charges |
Total Number of Suspects Charged |
Guilty |
Not Guilty |
Withdrawn |
Struck off Court Roll |
On Court Roll |
Still Under Investigation (No Suspect Arrested) |
Warrant if Arrest Issued |
|
408 |
296 |
3 |
3 |
57 |
36 |
108 |
268 |
5 |
(cc) 2016/2017
Crime statistics for 2016/2017 not yet released.
(ii) Gang related attempted murder
(aa) 2014/2015
|
Total Charges |
Total Number of Suspects Charged |
Guilty |
Not Guilty |
Withdrawn |
Struck off Court Roll |
On Court Roll |
Still Under Investigation (No Suspect Arrested) |
Warrant if Arrest Issued |
|
1 462 |
838 |
49 |
48 |
635 |
63 |
72 |
230 |
11 |
(bb) 2015/2016
|
Total Charges |
Total Number of Suspects Charged |
Guilty |
Not Guilty |
Withdrawn |
Struck off Court Roll |
On Court Roll |
Still Under Investigation (No Suspect Arrested) |
Warrant if Arrest Issued |
|
768 |
477 |
14 |
12 |
372 |
40 |
75 |
133 |
9 |
(cc) 2016/2017
Crime statistics for 2016/2017 not yet released.
