Issued by: SA Communication Service
STATISTICS
Cases reported per province for the period January to December 1996 compared to January to December 1997:
CASES REPORTED PROVINCE JAN - DEC 1996 JAN - DEC 1997 Gauteng 86 51 Western Cape 21 20 Eastern Cape 57 25 KwaZulu-Natal 45 52 Free State 5 9 North-West Province 34 41 Mpumalanga 34 10 Northern Province 127 22 Northern Cape 1 0 RSA TOTAL 410 230
During the period January to December 1997, 230 incidents of robbery of cash in transit occurred in RSA compared to 410 incidents reported for the same period during 1996, indicating a decrease of 43.9% The focal provinces during the above period in 1997 were KwaZulu-Natal (52) and Gauteng (51)