Causative factors for five and more counts of murder in South Africa 2022/2023
total number of multiple murders in the country. Possible retaliation-related murders followed, with 17 reports of murder and seven cases of attempted murder during the period in review.
As of the 2022/2023 fiscal year, mass shootings were the main causative factor contributing to five and more murdered victims, with 66 reported cases. This accounts for almost 3 percent of the