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Wide-based forensic-standard Massmart statistics show violent crime has risen 20% on a year ago.

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Posted: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:00 | © Moneyweb Holdings Limited, 1997-2006

Mark Lamberti, CEO of Massmart, one of Africa’s largest consumer good distributors, says his company’s statistics – immaculately kept for insurance purposes – indicate that crime in South Africa “right now is about 20% up on last year this time”.

Lamberti told the Moneyweb Radio: “I’m talking about armed robberies, robberies of cash-in-transit, attacks of one sort or another on our staff, people being involved in hijackings and robberies at their homes and so on.”

Massmart monitors crime “very, very accurately and we have world-class statistics in that regard”. Lamberti protested that “quite frankly, the [crime] level right now, despite a number of denials in this regard, is not acceptable. I’ve actually heard it said, ‘Well, this is perception, not reality’. I mean, nothing could be further from the truth and we’ve got statistics to back that up”.


http://www.moneyweb.co.za/economy/political_economy/961747.htm
 
onderdied00s said:
crime has been declining since 1994, look at the stats
I dont know were Massmart gets it's stats
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To all intents you know little of nothing - beyond hate speech. Got a new intenet connection have we? Pitiful display of zero intelligence.
 
/me thinks the government is dumb and stupid. It clearly sees what is going on and still does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

I think it's time to roll out the army, they don't do much. Use them as a temporary solution until more cops are trained/money pumped into the police force/robot cops developed to replace human cops (hey it worked in Robocop :)).

The army could be put to use instead of waiting around all day, for WWIII. Just my opinion.
 
Why don't we just nuke the place from space? Only the living commit crime.
 
At last some truthfull stats. But the entire legal system is a farce at the moment. I mean if the courts can't handle the pressure what will more police do. The army will just make the entire situation worse, infact I don't even want to think about that. First step in this entire process is get rid of Selebi... I mean he is a complete failure and has never walked the beat in his entire life, what on earth does he know about running an entire police force? That is where the problem is right at the top. I still do not understand how he can earn the income that he is actually earning? http://www.crimexposouthafrica.org/?q=node/1622 I mean seriously there are some serious problems if your heads of the SAPS are earning so much, but there is not enough well paid "real cops" out there. What are these people doing with MY money, not their money MY money that I work for and earn.
 
lord_spaceman said:
/me thinks the government is dumb and stupid. It clearly sees what is going on and still does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

I think it's time to roll out the army, they don't do much. Use them as a temporary solution until more cops are trained/money pumped into the police force/robot cops developed to replace human cops (hey it worked in Robocop :)).

The army could be put to use instead of waiting around all day, for WWIII. Just my opinion.
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I dont think we need more cops we need the current cops to actually do police work. This weekend we had a life threatening emergency and no landline so I called vodacoms 112 emergency number they helped me and put me through to the nearest police station. 30 mins later i called 112 number again and again i was put through to the police station in total i made 15 calls to 112 number everytime spoke to the same officer at the police station and never did the police even show up.
 
accountability. sort that out and the problem is 50% sorted.
 
Chatmaster said:
get rid of Selebi... I mean he is a complete failure and has never walked the beat in his entire life, what on earth does he know about running an entire police force?

http://www.crimexposouthafrica.org/?q=node/1622 QUOTE]

As an Afrikaner.... now UK resident I do believe that the above website is causing more than a few problems for SA..... the ANC are shooting themselves in the foot by not controlling the violence
Polls here predict that 2010 will never happen
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WE ARE IN AFRICA! What else do we actually expect, that South Africa is to be better or different than the rest of Africa. Not a Fcucking chance, we are worse. There is not such a high crime and murder rate anywhere else, even in Africa. WHY? Ask anyone with brains they would be able to tell You!

PS Here again! http://www.mweb.co.za/news/?p=top_article&i=237701

B@STARDS! Thank You ANC!
 
Anc are wasting our money and the country is a war zone.We need a new government to run this country, ANC is useless, they are just corrupt,and waste our hard earned money.Do you think the Anc care about the crime rate in SA. The ANC members have 24 hour protection,what do they care about the rest of us anyway?
 
GTi said:
Anc are wasting our money and the country is a war zone.We need a new government to run this country, ANC is useless, they are just corrupt,and waste our hard earned money.Do you think the Anc care about the crime rate in SA. The ANC members have 24 hour protection,what do they care about the rest of us anyway?
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The only problem with all this - is the 70% of the public who vote ANC - and to whom our concerns (seem) to make no difference.
 
Dont you guys sleep? or are you protecting the family?
 
Work time pupa - the best time of the day! :)

(and no - it is only I)
 
Has anyone actually got or made a map of SA showing where the hotspots are. I've on the other hand heard of towns where there are never any murders. How much of this is around JHB compared to Bloem for example.

I seriously doubt its a crime is "everywhere" problem that goes for the farm attacks as well.

Indeed it is a tragedy and gvt needs to do more and I don't dispute that, but aren't the SA murder stats predominantly Guateng stats and if so what is it that's the trigger for this epedemic especially in Guateng...is it poverty, syndicates, foreigners...something else??

I live in a quite area of JHB (North) and for the past at least 14 yrs no-one in my street has been burgled, shot, hijacked, robbed.Fair enough we do have a secure street (boomed) with armed response and a guard or two.
 
BTech said:
I live in a quite area of JHB (North) and for the past at least 14 yrs no-one in my street has been burgled, shot, hijacked, robbed.Fair enough we do have a secure street (boomed) with armed response and a guard or two.
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:rolleyes:
 
pupa said:
Dont you guys sleep? or are you protecting the family?
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Speak for yourself,what are you doing up at 4 in the morning.I working in the IT SAP Dept and work 19:00 to 07:00,so there you have it.:rolleyes:
 
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