- Cindy-Lou Dale was telling me the other day that INTERPOL
estimates there are about 120 murders PER DAY in South Africa - which is:
43,800 per annum!!! INTERPOL's estimates are above any of the stats which
are released here publicly. I used to write that there were 27,000 murders
per annum. They want us to believe this number is down. But INTERPOL DOES
NOT THINK SO !!
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- I just want to give you Americans a few thoughts on how
an American who lives here reacts to all this.
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- I had an interesting experience last week when I met
an American gentleman who had been living here for one year. I suggested
to him that we meet for dinner after work. I said to him he need not worry
about travelling, I'd travel to a place near where he lives. He said to
me, "Its dangerous travelling here in the evenings, I'd rather we
meet during the day - I don't drive here at night". This, I will tell
you is from a man who lived in Los Angeles! When we met, he was reading
a newspaper where the headline was about crime. I smiled, and said to him
- "... of course, according our President... there is no crime."
- Jan]
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- News24.com
7-23-4
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- CAPE TOWN - South
Africans are terrified of crime, and the past five years has seen them
becoming even more scared even though some crimes have decreased or stabilised.
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- These findings are clear from a comparative analysis
done by Duxiata Mistry, a senior researcher at the Institute of Security
Studies, on the 1998 and 2003 national crime-victim survey.
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- More than half of those who felt unsafe walking around
their neighbourhoods after dark in 1998, felt the same way in 2003.
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- This compares badly with the rest of Africa, where 60%
of people feel safe walking around after dark, compared to 56% in South
America and 55% in Asia. Only 23% of South Africans feel safe enough to
do so.
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- Despite slight decreases in crime figures in the past
five years, more than half of South Africa's population feel crimes have
increased in the past three years.
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- Police reaction time criticised
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- According to Mistry's analysis, they are increasingly
more scared than in 1998.
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- About 55% feel that property crimes increased, and 47%
feel violent crime has gone up. Five of the six crimes of which South Africans
are most fearful are violent ones.
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- Opinions about the police are divided. Just more than
half think the police are doing a good job and just less than half are
unsatisfied with them.
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- The biggest criticism of the police is that they react
too slowly when they are needed.
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- Of those questioned during the victim survey, 29% know
someone in their neighbourhood who makes a living from crime.
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- "This comes as no surprise when one takes into account
the fact that crime figures are relatively high," said Mistry.
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- Most of the people believe the motive for criminal behaviour
is "greed" or "non-financial" reasons. The minority
believe criminals act from true need or poverty.
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- Edited by Iaine Harper Source: News24.Com
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