Question NW459 to the Minister of Police
14 March 2016 - NW459
Lovemore, Ms AT to ask the Minister of Police
(1)Whether corruption is identified as a separate category of crime within his department's records; if not, why not; if so, what has been the extent of this crime, as recorded by his department, for each year in the (a) 2006-2007, (b) 2007-2008, (c) 2008-2009, (d) 2009-2010, (e) 2010-2011, (f) 2011-2012, (g) 2012-2013, (h) 2013-2014 and (i) 2014-2015 financial years; (2) whether he plans to include corruption as a separate category for the purposes of reporting on and measuring criminal trends in South Africa; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
- Corruption is identified as a separate crime within the department’s records, but it is reported under the broader crime category of commercial crime.
Corruption figures |
|
Financial year |
Figure |
2006/2007 |
99 |
2007/2008 |
90 |
2008/2009 |
124 |
2009/2010 |
81 |
2010/2011 |
83 |
2011/2012 |
60 |
2012/2013 |
78 |
2013/2014 |
123 |
2014/2015 |
58 |
2. Does not apply.