# [TOP STORY] SA’s crime crisis: Too many cases, too few detectives

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Podcast: [Moneyweb@Midday](https://stenobird.com/podcast/moneyweb-midday-60224)
Published: 2026-09-07T12:29:00+00:00
Episode link: https://iono.fm/e/1715121
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‘Your average detective receives up to 200 new case files or dockets per month to investigate, and there's just no way that they can thoroughly do that,’ says Willem Els, senior training coordinator at the Institute for Security Studies. Moneyweb

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