Gauteng is SA's criminal Ground Zero.

(From Business Day (South Africa))

Byline: CHANTELLE BENJAMIN

Gauteng is SA's criminal Ground Zero GAUTENG is hardest hit by violent and serious crimes, with a crime rate up to four times higher in some categories than the rate in other provinces.

Crime statistics released this week for the period April 1 last year to March 31 this year confirmed what the business community has been saying for months: that the province is being targeted by crime syndicates. Figures show that Gauteng leads by a long shot when it comes to car hijacking, truck hijacking, bank robberies, cash-in-transit heists, robberies at business premises and the theft of motor …