Gauteng remains house robbery hotspot, says AfricaScope
Statistics South Africa, the number of houses hit has increased from 2.1-million in 2015-16 to 2.3-million in 2019-20
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Black buyers ‘prop up’ auto sales market
The number of black buyers of vehicles has doubled in the past five years, making up 34% of South Africa’s largest vehicle lender Wesbank’s book from 17% in 2003, it said on Wednesday. However, Wesbank painted a grim picture for the vehicle market in the next 12 months.
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Crime stats: The good, bad and ugly
House robbery, business robbery and truck hijacking increased between April and September this year, the police announced in Pretoria on Thursday. House robbery rose by 7%, business robbery by 29,3%, and truck hijacking by 53,3%. There were 6Â 711 house robberies in the six months from April to September, up from 6Â 271 over the same period last year.
