The latest national police figures, covering April to June 2026, recorded more than 5,000 murders and close to 4,000 carjackings.

What the fuck? 55 murders a day!?!? (That’s assuming start April to end June)

I knew it was bad but not that bad. Wikipedia article here.

South Africa has notably high rates of violent crime[9] and has a reputation for consistently having one of the highest murder rates in the world.

Apparently it’s around 60 times higher than where I live. Crazy shit.