Government has acknowledged that high levels of violent crime in South Africa are having a significant negative impact on the country's economy, Beeld reported on Tuesday.
According to government's green paper on policing, drawn up by the police civil secretariat and which had just been released, violent crime was preventing South Africans from participating socially and economically in the country.
In addition to the about R68 billion in tax money spent annually on the South...read more here: High levels of violent crime hurting SA economy: Govt

