than others, they have little to no chance of all being treated fairly and
equally when this calculation is enforced. Quotas also apply to access to
tertiary education, accommodation and funding for students. Thus an
increasing number of young South Africans decide to emigrate in order to
study and work abroad. South Africa has a very high emigration rate and
this has extremely negative short- and long-term implications for the country
in general.5
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High levels of crime – especially violent crime
According to the crime statistics of the 2017 financial year, released by the
South African Police Service in October 2017, the number of incidents in
categories of violent crime increased or decreased as indicated below. The
number of crimes compared to the South African population of an estimated
56,5 million South African residents, are disconcertingly high, with an
average of 52 murders being committed per day in the country: 6
Category
2016
2017
Change
Carjacking
14 602
16 717
+14.48%
Drug-related crime
259 165
292 689
+12.94%
137
152
+10.95%
Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition
14 772
16 134
+9.22%
Stock-theft
24 715
26 902
+8.85%
Robbery at residential premises
20 820
22 343
+7.32%
Robbery with aggravating circumstances
132 527
140 956
+6.36%
Sexual offences discovered as result of police action
5 830
6 164
+5.63%
Commercial crime
69 917
73 550
+5.20%
Robbery at non-residential premises
19 698
20 680
+4.99%
Murder
18 673
19 016
+1.84%
Burglary at non-residential premises
75 008
75 618
+0.81%
Attempted murder
18 127
18 205
+0.43%
Truck hijacking
1 184
1 183
-0.08%
Theft out of or from motor vehicle
139 386
138 172
-0.87%
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle
53 809
53 307
-0.93%
Common robbery
54 110
53 418
-1.28%
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
76 159
75 034
-1.48%
Robbery of cash in transit
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6.
https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/solidarity-takes-complaints-over-sas-equity-policy-to-un9049661.
http://sa-monitor.com/cheers-south-africa-reasons-behind-spike-emigration-city-press-21-july2016/; https://businesstech.co.za/news/wealth/212025/south-africa-expected-to-breakemigration-records-in-2018-expert/.
https://businesstech.co.za/news/lifestyle/207087/south-africa-crime-stats-2017-everything-youneed-to-know/.
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