I guess I won’t be a true expat, if I don’t take this opportunity to have a rant about the latest crime stats in SA.
Firstly, the stats are terrible, horrendous, dreadful ... add any synonym you wish. South Africa is a dangerous place and sadly the poor suffers the most because of crime. It still boggles my mind that they keep electing officials that clearly doesn’t care. That is part of another discussion though.
For the people out there that say, "It isn’t so bad, people shouldn’t whine about the crime etc." Please tell that to the 36 000 + people that was raped this year according to statistics. Experts say that only about 1 in 9 rapes gets reported so nearly 300 000 women get raped a year. Also tell it to the families of the more than 18 000 people that were murdered last year. We should keep whining and complaining until the day South Africa has the lowest crime rate in the world. Then we can pat ourselves on the back and say well done.
The scary thing is that these are only crimes that was reported and made it to the stats. Thousands of crimes are being committed that are not being reported, or which the police simply don’t record. Things like attempted breaking and entering or small theft seldom gets reported.
When I was in SA a couple of months ago, there was an attempted break in at my brother in laws place in Stellenbosch. The police told them they can’t do anything. This statistic went unrecorded. Also a lady friend got mugged of her cell phone and wallet. The police told her to provide witnesses that this crime occurred, otherwise she may be lying. This also didn’t go into the statistics.
I really hope the government will tackle this problem head on and make South Africa safe for all people. Sexual and violent crime must be the number one priority at this stage.
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Although I agree with most of what you say, I must agree with old Greta:
Your grammar really needs attention mate.
I'll try to improve it. English is my second language.
I´m also one of the few that live and work in Germany. Ek is van die plaas en was nie regtig so ingestel op rekenaars nie, so ek probeer baie hard om die blogging affêre nou reg te kry. Ek wil graag ook my storie vertel, maar kry dit nie so reg om te blog nie. Kan ons gesels per E-pos?
Jy is welkom.
To Anonymous--- I wonder if you can speak more than one language and if so, if your grammar is perfect in the second...or third...I want to blog my top for people like you!
SAExpat...just ignore people like him/her...
Great entry...
After the third car break-in in SA, I stopped reporting it to the police. You waste hours of your life sitting in the copshop putting down details etc and that is where the story stops. For insurance purposes, you still need to get a case number.
Licia83 - I started to remove all my items from my car in the evening and kept it unlocked. At least they stopped breaking my window.
i'm with anonymous. your grammar is the true crime around here ;) followed shortly by missing the sarcasm detection gene....
Disa - :)
Anonymous and Disa.Please crawl back to your holes and get off this blog you scumbag crackheads.You must surely be some pampered little pricks from Grammer school.Fuck off you assholes!!!!!
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