Delegating some policing powers to provinces would bolster anti-crime efforts.
problem concentrated in the north-western suburbs of Gqeberha and other nearby parts of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro. But the province’s violence patterns differ from those in the Western Cape. Violence in the Eastern Cape is not as concentrated in metropolitan areas.
KZN’s major metropolitan area eThekwini accounted for 41% of the province’s murders in 2019-20. Like in Eastern Cape, high murder rates outside this metro area contributed to the provincial murder rate of 42 per 100,000. The SAMRC data, which reflects deaths in 2017, says the Western Cape and Gauteng have the highest proportion of firearm homicides. In the Western Cape, sharp force also accounted for almost 42% of deaths. In Gauteng, it accounted for 28%.Chart 2: Contribution of firearms and sharp force to homicides in South Africa .
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