Agreed and my guess is that the stats have already had the life massaged out of them to try and make them more presentable so a great deal of crime is either not recorded or downgraded to try and bluff the stats.  Face it; the SAPS is just another organisation destroyed by the ANC under the guise of cadre deployment; AA and BEE. Like the metro's taken over by the DA, even if the ANC are voted out, fixing the mess is not going to be easy.  Finally, like even SAA, Eskom and KPMG, all of us and particularly the ANC voter, should spare a thought for the dedicated, honest men and women out there who deserve better than the trash in charge.