Between October 1 and December 31, 2021, a total of 2 605 kidnapping cases were reported to the police. This was revealed by Police Minister General Bheki Cele when he published the quarterly crime data on Friday afternoon. Only two provinces, he added, had seen a decline in abduction crime. “Highjacking is the most common motive for this crime, followed by robbery and rape-related kidnappings.” “In comparison to the same period last year, there have been 686 more occurrences of kidnapping.” Cele said they had committed to improve their state of policing, through specialized policing and refoc…