INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITY STUDIES Vol 11, No 1, 2019 ISSN: 1309-8063 (Online) THE PREVALENCE OF ORGANISED CROSS-BORDER CRIMES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A NON-EMPIRICAL STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS ON STOCK THEFT AND HIJACKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES Witness Maluleke University of Limpopo (UL), South Africa Email:
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[email protected] - Abstract - One of the greatest quotes by the former Kaizer Chiefs Football Club (FC) and current (2018) Bloemfontein Celtic FC coach (Steve Komphela) reads as follows: “We did not play well, but we won, we now have to wait for the next team. We go on; we hope to improve from here. [Statistics are like a bikini, they do not reveal everything]” uttered after an unconvincing win (Soccer Laduma, 2015). The purpose of this paper is not to discuss the above quotation, however, to illustrate that there is truth in it when assessing the prevalence of hijacking of motor vehicles (carjacking) and stock theft (livestock) statistics as part of organised cross- border crimes in South Africa. Ewi (2017) provides that organised (cross-border) crimes are becoming serious and growing menace in South Africa, with its debilitating social and economic effects on the country, this requires immediate attention. However, the sources of organised crime and its perpetrators are highly contested. National Stock Theft Prevention Forum (2017) provides that the release of the crime statistics by the South African Police Service (SAPS) on 3 March 2017 to the Portfolio Committee was awaited with enthusiasm as it was the first time in years to be made available on quarterly basis.