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South African Housebreaking Victims Doubt Police Response

Over 1 million South African households fell victim to housebreaking, with less than half reporting to police due to distrust.

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As of 2026-09-03 08:40 UTC. Market figures are as the cited sources reported them at that time and may have moved since. This is news, not investment advice.
Statistician-general Risenga Maluleke stated that the majority of households did not report housebreaking incidents because they believed the police would not do anything about it. [1] Stats SA reported that 1.08 million households, or 5.3% of all households in South Africa, were victims of housebreaking in 2025/26. [2] South Africa increased tariffs on imported sugar to protect local producers from cheap foreign supplies that threaten more than 70,000 direct jobs. [3] Only 37% of victims of theft of personal property reported some or all incidences to the police in 2025/2026. [4] Cosatu Parliamentary Coordinator Matthew Parks stated that South Africa cannot afford to lose its sugar industry given an unemployment rate of 43.8%. [5] Matthew Parks stated that the sugar industry employs over 70,000 workers directly and provides livelihoods for more than 11,000 emerging and small-scale farmers. [6] The government increased the reference price used to calculate protection against imported sugar from $680 to $785 a tonne. [7]
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  1. Statistician-general Risenga Maluleke stated that the majority of households did not report housebreaking incidents because they believed the police would not do anything about it. · Business Day
  2. Stats SA reported that 1.08 million households, or 5.3% of all households in South Africa, were victims of housebreaking in 2025/26. · Business Day
  3. South Africa increased tariffs on imported sugar to protect local producers from cheap foreign supplies that threaten more than 70,000 direct jobs. · allAfrica.comSouth Africa
  4. Only 37% of victims of theft of personal property reported some or all incidences to the police in 2025/2026. · Business Day
  5. Cosatu Parliamentary Coordinator Matthew Parks stated that South Africa cannot afford to lose its sugar industry given an unemployment rate of 43.8%. · allAfrica.comSouth Africa
  6. Matthew Parks stated that the sugar industry employs over 70,000 workers directly and provides livelihoods for more than 11,000 emerging and small-scale farmers. · allAfrica.comSouth Africa
  7. The government increased the reference price used to calculate protection against imported sugar from $680 to $785 a tonne. · allAfrica.comSouth Africa
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