Crime In SA | Calls for intervention in the high number of men murders

CAPE TOWN -  The murder of men in South Africa warrants an immediate national reaction.

That's the conclusion of a study by the South African Medical Research Council. 

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The researchers examined postmortem reports from 2017 to compare murders of men and women. Among the factors considered were the cause of death, age, geographic location, and whether alcohol played a role.

Dr Morna Cornell, from the Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research at the University of Cape Town spoke to the eNCA.