Bay high on province’s murder list

Policing district had increase of 17.8% in cases, figures for first quarter of 2023/2024 show

Nelson Mandela Bay is home to four of the five deadliest policing areas in the province for the first quarter of 2023/2024.

While the Eastern Cape showed an overall decrease of 5.1% in murder cases compared with last year over the same period, only two districts showed an increase in the category — the Nelson Mandela Bay district (17.8%) and the Joe Gqabi district (26.2%) in the  Barkly East area...

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