"One thing I would never do is to deny that there is crime in South Africa, especially violent crime," Cele said.
But he said crime was decreasing, a point independent researchers also have made. The South African Institute of Race Relations said in a study last year that the number of murders and the rate per 100,000 have declined steadily since South Africa held its first all-race elections in 1994.
The institute, however, said the South African public still believed crime was worsening.
South Africa's top cop on World Cup
Independent Online
February 23, 2010
