​Lerato Mailoane
Gauteng Police's acting Commissioner, Major General, Patricia Rampota on Tuesday 17, November 2020, painted a very grim picture as she gave a detailed breakdown of the Gauteng Crime Statistics for the second quarter of 2020/2021.
Gauteng has recorded an increase of 5% in car hijackings, 52.1% in truck hijackings and 107.7% in cash-in-transit heists. House robberies increased by 2%, while business robberies decreased by 13.3%. 
Rampota said the province only recorded one bank robbery which occurred earlier in the reporting cycle.
The statistics cover the period from July 1 to 30 September 2020.
While there has been a drop in the number of sexual offences reported, the scourge of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) continues to haunt women and children in the country.
According to the quarterly crime statistics, Gauteng recorded lower than 578 cases of sexual offences between July and September this year.
She said they have seen an increase in the public reporting cases and this can be attributed to improved trust between the public and police and successful convictions which have restored faith in the justice system.