East Coast Drive now wants to put faces to the crime rate

East Coast Drive now wants to put faces to the crime rate

Crime stats only become real when numbers turn into names, and names turn into faces. Enough is enough

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Yes, Fikile Mbalula released the stats and we all know that stats are just numbers. In all honesty, numbers don't mean anything. However, names spark something, but what is a name without a face?

Read: Crime Stats: Bongani and Mags have had enough

Yes, we want to take the stats that we have been given and turn them into names, and take it a step further by adding faces to the names. Have you lost someone close to you this year? 

Read: Crime Stats: KZN has second highest murder rate

Help us put a stop to these murders by putting FACES to these unacceptable murder rates in KZN. So, if you are related to or know someone who was murdered in KZN during the last year, we want you to send us a photo of that person. Please also send his / her name and age and how / where they were murdered. Email it to [email protected].

Take a listen to what it sounds like when the crime stats become names and not just numbers:

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