Angelo said:
Our only source of "what's really happening in SA" is gone.
The website is not only irresponsible it does nothing to help solve the crime problem in the country
I do not for one minute say that there is no crime in South Africa or that it is a problem
the website is anecdotal at best, a warped perception of reality at worst.
Anecdotes or victim stories, more than other stories, are usually exaggerated, due to the emotional state at the time
many of you believe the crime rate has increased dramatically, let me share with you what has happened according to my perception
crime has not increased, it just affects other parts of the population, b4 94 the police only had to ensure that white suburbs are protected, leaving an entire police service to protect a minority of the population, criminals then targetted as they always do the soft targets, those who were not protected
with the comming of democracy, the police have to protect the entire population, and the predominantly white areas with less security and more wealth became the targets
As more and more black people have been moving into previous white suburbs, the crime levels have remained the same, indicating that crime affects areas where there is wealth more ( race is not an issue to a thief your value is )
My home ( not in a white suburb ) was burgled over 5 times before 1994, it has never been burgled since - why don't you check out these types of statistics before purpoting to give people a true depiction of the situation in South Africa.
The website only serves to keep tourists and their money away from South Africa, money which would have reduced criminals, but crime that will now affect you and your rich friends and family
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