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| STATISTICS AND TRENDS | 680 |
| National crime trends | 680 |
| National crime figures, 1994/95 and 2011/12 (actual numbers) | 680 |
| National crime figures, 1994/95 and 2011/12 (rates per 100 000 people) | 681 |
| Daily incidence of the most serious crimes, 1994/95 and Dec-11 | 682 |
| Eighteen- and one-year trends | 683 |
| Contact crime: actual reported cases and rates per 100 000 of the population, 1994/95–2011/12 | 683 |
| Contact crime rates per 100 000 of the population, 1994/95–2011/12 | 683 |
| Property-related crime: actual reported cases and rates per 100 000 of the population, 1994/95–2011/12 | 685 |
| Property-related crime rates per 100 000 of the population, 1994/95–2011/12 | 685 |
| Crimes heavily dependent on police action for detection: actual reported cases and rates per 100 000 of the population, 1994/95–2011/12 | 686 |
| Crimes heavily dependent on police action for detection: rates per 100 000 of the population, 1994/95–2011/12 | 686 |
| Other serious crime: actual reported cases and rates per 100 000 of the population, 1994/95–2011/12 | 687 |
| Other serious crime rates per 100 000 of the population, 1994/95–2011/12 | 687 |
| Arson, malicious damage, and total serious crime: actual reported cases and rates per 100 000 of the population, 1994/95–2011/12 | 688 |
| Total serious crime rate per 100 000 of the population, 1994/95–2011/12 | 688 |
| Particular categories of crime | 689 |
| Aggravated robbery | 689 |
| Breakdown of aggravated robbery, 1994/95–2011/12 | 689 |
| Change in aggravated robbery cases, initial recorded period – 2011/12 | 689 |
| Subcategories of aggravated robbery | 690 |
| Residential and non-residential robberies as proportions of total aggravated robberies, 2002/03–2011/12 | 690 |
| Crimes against children | 691 |
| Contact crimes committed against children, 2002/03–Dec-11 | 691 |
| Change in contact crimes committed against children, 2002/03–2011/12 | 691 |
| Initiation school deaths | 692 |
| Initiation school deaths, 1 June–11 July 2012 | 692 |
| Crimes against women | 693 |
| Contact crimes committed against adult females, 2006/07–2011/12 | 693 |
| Change in contact crimes committed against adult females, 2006/07–2011/12 | 693 |
| Crime on farms | 694 |
| Cases of stock theft and rates per 100 000 of the population, 1994/95–2011/12 | 694 |
| Stock theft rates per 100 000 of the population, 1994/95–2011/12 | 694 |
| Farm attacks by province, 1990–2012 | 695 |
| Farm murders by province, 1990–2012 | 696 |
| Farm attacks and murders, 1990–2011 | 697 |
| Note on farm crime statistics | 697 |
| Farm attacks: comparison between SAPS and TAU data | 698 |
| Attacks on farmers and their families compared to other citizens, 2011 | 698 |
| Farm and national murder rates, 2011 | 698 |
| Arson | 699 |
| Arson by province, 2004/05–2011/12 | 699 |
| Some cases of arson in 2012 | 699 |
| Poaching | 700 |
| Rhino poaching, 2007–12 | 700 |
| Rhino poaching by location, 2008–12 | 700 |
| Crimes against and attitudes towards foreign nationals | 701 |
| South African attitudes towards foreign nationals, 2011 | 701 |
| Xenophobic attacks | 702 |
| Crimes in the course of vigilantism | 703 |
| Violence during strikes | 704 |
| Strike violence, 1999–2012 | 704 |
| Public violence | 705 |
| Incidents of public violence, 2004/05–2011/12 | 705 |
| Transportation violence | 706 |
| Copper theft | 706 |
| Copper cable theft in the electricity industry, 2005/06–2009/10 | 706 |
| Copper cable theft in the rail industry, 2008/09–2010/11 | 706 |
| Corruption | 707 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), selected countries, 2011 | 707 |
| Perceptions of changes in corruption in the past three years, selected countries, 2010 | 708 |
| Social grant crime | 709 |
| Social grant fraud cases by province, 2005/06–2011/12 | 709 |
| Amount lost owing to social grant fraud by province, 2005/06–2010/11 | 709 |
| Other crimes | 710 |
| Crimes not listed with the 20 most serious crimes: actual reported cases and rates per 100 000 of the population, 2004/05–2011/12 | 710 |
| Provincial crime trends | 711 |
| Murder | 711 |
| Murder, 1994/95–2011/12 | 711 |
| Change in murder rate, 1994/95–2011/12 | 711 |
| Attempted murder | 712 |
| Attempted murder, 1994/95–2011/12 | 712 |
| Change in attempted murder rate, 1994/95–2011/12 | 712 |
| Sexual offences | 713 |
| Sexual offences, 1994/95–2011/12 | 713 |
| The rate of all sexual offences, 2011/12 | 713 |
| Robbery with aggravating circumstances | 714 |
| Robbery with aggravating circumstances, 1994/95–Dec-11 | 714 |
| Change in aggravated robbery rate, 1994/95–2011/12 | 714 |
| Assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm (GBH) | 715 |
| Assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm, 1994/95–2011/12 | 715 |
| Change in rate of assault (GBH), 1994/95–2011/12 | 715 |
| Burglary at residential premises | 716 |
| Burglary at residential premises, 1994/95–2011/12 | 716 |
| Change in residential burglary rate, 1994/95–2011/12 | 716 |
| Burglary at non-residential premises | 717 |
| Burglary at non-residential premises, 1994/95–2011/12 | 717 |
| Change in non-residential burglary rate, 1994/95–Dec-11 | 717 |
| Stock theft | 718 |
| Stock theft, 1994/95–2011/12 | 718 |
| Change in stock theft rate, 1994/95–2011/12 | 718 |
| Theft of motor vehicles | 719 |
| Theft of motor vehicles, 1994/95–2011/12 | 719 |
| Change in motor vehicle theft rate, 1994/95–2011/12 | 719 |
| Commercial crimes | 720 |
| Commercial crimes, 1994/95–2011/12 | 720 |
| Change in commercial crime rate, 1994/95–2011/12 | 720 |
| Drug-related crime | 721 |
| Drug-related crime, 1994/95–2011/12 | 721 |
| Change in drug-related crime rate, 1994/95–2011/12 | 721 |
| Municipal crime trends | 722 |
| Selected crime rates by municipality, 2011/12 (rates per 100 000 people) | 722 |
| Crime reporting | 730 |
| Households and individuals who reported their experience of crime to the police, 2011 | 730 |
| Perceptions of crime | 731 |
| Household members that feel safe walking alone in their area when it is dark by race and sex of household head, 2011 | 731 |
| Perceptions of changes in levels of crime by province during the period 2009–11 | 731 |
| Non-natural deaths | 731 |
| Overall figures | 731 |
| Manner of non-natural death by cause of death, 2008 | 732 |
| Manner of non-natural death by sex, 2008 (actual numbers) | 732 |
| Manner of non-natural death by sex, 2008 (proportions) | 732 |
| Top ten external causes of non-natural death, 2007 and 2008 | 733 |
| Road accidents | 733 |
| Fatal crashes and fatalities by province, 2006/07 and Nov-10 | 733 |
| Rates of fatal crashes and fatalities by province, 2010/11 | 734 |
| Fatalities and fatal crashes by type of vehicle, 2010/11 | 734 |
| Road user fatalities by type of motorised vehicle, 2010/11 | 735 |
| Road user fatalities by province, 2010/11 | 735 |
| Fatal road crashes: daily, monthly, and provincial averages, 2009/10 and 2010/11 | 735 |
| Fatal crashes by contributory cause, 2010/11 | 736 |
| Comparison of fatalities between selected modes of public transport, 2008 and 2009 | 736 |
| Mining deaths | 737 |
| Mining industry fatalities by cause of death, 2010–11 | 737 |
| Railway accidents | 737 |
| Railway injuries and fatalities by category of victim, 2007/08 and 2008/09 | 737 |
| Railway injuries and fatalities by type of incident, 2007/08 and 2008/09 | 738 |
| Comparisons of non-natural deaths | 738 |
| Non-natural deaths over a two-year period in selected fields | 738 |
| Crime trends and anti-crime expenditure | 739 |
| Expenditure on the criminal justice system as proportion of total government expenditure and Gross Domestic Product, 1994/95–2014/15 | 739 |
| Crime numbers, rates, and expenditure on protection services, 1994/95–2010/11 | 740 |
| Crime and public spending, 2007/08–2010/11 | 740 |
| POLICE | 741 |
| Personnel | 741 |
| General statistics | 741 |
| Personnel in the SAPS by sex and race, March 2012 | 741 |
| SAPS personnel by race, March 2012 | 741 |
| Race and rank | 742 |
| SAPS personnel by rank and race, March 2012 | 742 |
| Expenditure | 743 |
| SAPS expenditure on personnel by programme, Mar-12 | 743 |
| SAPS personnel by programme, March 2012 | 743 |
| Affirmative action | 743 |
| Affirmative action in the SAPS, March 2012 actual employment and 2010 employment equity targets | 743 |
| SAPS personnel by sex, March 2012 actual employment and 2010 employment equity targets | 744 |
| Ratios | 745 |
| Ratio of the population to police officers by province, December 2007 and September 2012 | 745 |
| Population to police ratios, selected countries | 745 |
| Shortages | 746 |
| Employment and vacancies by programme, 2003/04 and Dec-11 | 746 |
| Employment and vacancies by skills level, 2003/04 and Dec-11 | 746 |
| Vacancy rates by skills level, 2003/04 and 2011/12 | 746 |
| Public order policing | 747 |
| Crowd management police units and members, 1995–2011 | 747 |
| Crowd management police unit members, 1995–2011 | 747 |
| Public order policing units and members by province, 2011 | 748 |
| Police reservists | 748 |
| Community policing forums | 748 |
| Community policing forums at station level by province, 2011 | 748 |
| Fatalities | 749 |
| Police officers murdered, 1983/84–2011/12 | 749 |
| Murders of police officers by province, 2004/05–2011/12 | 750 |
| Crimes, corruption, and (mis)conduct in the SAPS | 751 |
| Escapes and escapees from police custody, 2001/02–Dec-11 | 751 |
| Lost/stolen SAPS firearms and case dockets, 2001/02–Oct-09 | 751 |
| Lost/stolen SAPS firearms, 2001/02–2009/10 | 752 |
| Deaths of persons in police custody and as a result of police action, 2003/04–2011/12 | 752 |
| Complaints and notifications received by the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) against SAPS members by province, 2011/12 | 753 |
| Convictions and acquittals of SAPS members in criminal cases by crime category, 2011/12 | 753 |
| PROSECUTIONS AND CONVICTIONS | 754 |
| Cases reported, prosecutions, and convictions as a proportion of all cases handled, 2003/04–2010/11 | 754 |
| Process of referring charges to court by crime cluster, Dec-11 | 755 |
| Trio crimes conviction rate, 2011/12 | 755 |
| THE BENCH AND THE BAR | 756 |
| Legal Practice Bill of 2012 | 756 |
| Key changes from the Bill’s predecessor | 756 |
| An incremental process | 756 |
| The first council | 757 |
| The split profession maintained | 758 |
| Transformational legal education | 758 |
| Admission, suspension, and striking off the roll | 758 |
| Maximum legal fees | 758 |
| Compulsory community service | 758 |
| New code of conduct | 759 |
| New ‘attorneys fidelity fund board’ | 759 |
| Ramifications | 759 |
| The Bench | 760 |
| Race and/or sex breakdowns | 760 |
| Judges of the superior courts by race, 2005 and 2012 | 760 |
| Judges and magistrates by race, March 2011 | 760 |
| Judges and magistrates by sex, March 2011 | 760 |
| Magistrates by race, March 2011 | 761 |
| The Bar | 761 |
| Members of the Bar by race and sex, April 2012 | 761 |
| Members of the Bar by race, April 2012 | 762 |
| PRISONS AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES | 762 |
| Personnel | 762 |
| Correctional Services personnel by race, 2011/12 | 762 |
| Prisons | 762 |
| General statistics | 762 |
| Prison population by sex and race, March 2012 (actual numbers) | 762 |
| Prison population by sex and race, March 2012 (proportions) | 763 |
| Prison population by crime category, March 2012 | 763 |
| Prison population by age, March 2012 | 764 |
| Sentenced prisoners and remand detainees, March 2012 | 764 |
| Daily average prison population by sex, 1995/96–Mar-12 | 765 |
| Daily average prison population, 1995/96–March 2012 | 765 |
| Awaiting-trial detainees | 766 |
| Sentenced prisoners and awaiting-trial detainees, 1995–2012 | 766 |
| Awaiting-trial detainees, 1995–2012 | 766 |
| Children and juveniles | 767 |
| Prisoners under the age of 18 by crime category, Mar-12 | 767 |
| Prison overcrowding | 767 |
| Prison overcrowding, March 1996–March 2012 | 767 |
| Duration of sentences | 768 |
| Duration of sentences, March 1995–March 2012 | 768 |
| Duration of sentences, 1995 and 2012 | 768 |
| Duration of sentences: change in proportions, 1995–2012 | 769 |
| Duration of sentences, 1995–2012 | 769 |
| Deaths and medical releases of prisoners | 770 |
| Natural and unnatural deaths of prisoners, and medical releases, 1996–2011 | 770 |
| Natural and unnatural deaths of prisoners by cause of death, 2011 | 771 |
| Parole | 771 |
| Offenders considered for parole and offenders granted parole, 2008/09–2009/10 | 771 |
| Medical parole applications and approvals, 2008–10 | 771 |
| International prison trends | 772 |
| International prison statistics, selected countries | 772 |
| DEFENCE | 773 |
| Personnel | 773 |
| Overall statistics | 773 |
| Department of Defence personnel by race and sex, Mar-12 | 773 |
| Employment and vacancies by programme as at March 2012 | 774 |
| Defence reserves by army division and race as at March 2011 | 774 |
| Command structures by race and rank, April 2007 | 775 |
| Privates as a proportion of total personnel, April 2007 | 775 |
| Command structures by race and rank, April 2007 | 776 |
| Command structures by sex and rank, April 2007 | 776 |
| Department of Defence personnel by occupation, Mar-12 | 777 |
| Affirmative action in the South African National Defence Force | 777 |
| measured against March 2012 employmentDepartment of Defence employment equity targets | 777 |
| Deployment outside South Africa | 778 |
| Peacekeeping operations in Africa, 2000–11 | 778 |
| Number of people deployed for peacekeeping operations in Africa, 2000–11 | 778 |
| International comparisons | 779 |
| Military expenditure and armed forces personnel, 2009 | 779 |
| INTELLIGENCE SERVICES | 780 |
| Structures of South African Justice, Police, and Investigation Services | 780 |
| National Intelligence Coordinating Committee | 780 |
| Department of Justice | 781 |
| Public Protector | 781 |
| Special Investigating Unit | 781 |
| National Prosecuting Authority | 782 |
| Department of Police | 782 |
| Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) | 782 |
| Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) | 783 |
| Department of State Security | 784 |
| Civilian Intelligence Services | 784 |
| Regulation of Interception of Communication and Provision of Communication Related Information | 784 |
| General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill | 785 |
| PRIVATE SECURITY | 786 |
| Security businesses, security officers, and sworn SAPS officials, 1997–2011 | 786 |
| Active security officers and sworn police officials, 1998–2011 | 786 |
| Active registered security businesses by sector, 2005–11 | 787 |
| Active registered security businesses by province, 2005 and 2011 | 787 |