Charles Nqakula, South Africa's security minister, dismissed calls for his resignation a day after government statistics showed some of the most violent crimes on an upswing. While the numbers showed a 3.4 percent overall decrease in ''contact crimes'' against people, including rape and assault, over the past year, the murder rate was up 2.4 percent, carjackings 6 percent and house robberies 25 percent. Bank robberies more than doubled. The numbers raised questions about the country's ability to tackle violent crime before welcomes hundreds of thousands of tourists for the 2010 World Cup. ''No matter how you massage the figures, the picture that comes out of these crime statistics is pretty dire,'' the influential newspaper Business Day said.
Source: New York Times
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