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title: "Under lockdown, SA’s crime stats may have decreased but that’s not really the case for all communities"
description: "People are losing jobs, the lines for food are getting longer and ‘the system’ is failing. Mix this with the reluctance and corruption that comes from government and police, and gangsterism isn’t going anywhere. What can be done? How can we address the underlying motivations that cause crime?"
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published: "2020-08-27T11:40:24"
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# Under lockdown, SA’s crime stats may have decreased but that’s not really the case for all communities

> People are losing jobs, the lines for food are getting longer and ‘the system’ is failing. Mix this with the reluctance and corruption that comes from government and police, and gangsterism isn’t going anywhere. What can be done? How can we address the underlying motivations that cause crime?

By Street Talk · Published 27 August 2020, 13:40 SAST

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