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Cape Town murders

Are eight people a day murdered in Cape Town as the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ claimed in July this year? And if that number is true is it unusually high given the population of the city?

Are eight people a day murdered in Cape Town as the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ claimed in July this year? And if that number is true is it unusually high given the population of the city? Tim Harford hears from Anine Kriegler, a researcher at the Centre of Criminology at the University of Cape Town and Dr Guy Lamb, Director of the Safety and Violence Initiative at the University of Cape Town.

Producer: Darin Graham

(Demonstrators gather to protest against violence in Cape Town, Sept 2019. Credit: Ziyaad Douglas/ Getty Images.)

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9 minutes

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Tue 17 Sep 2019 01:50GMT

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  • Mon 16 Sep 2019 12:50GMT
  • Tue 17 Sep 2019 01:50GMT

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