Hi, There's crime in SA.There's crime in most cities of the world, however where South African's seem to surpass the rest (apart from violent crime) is the paranoia in reaction to crime- the perception of crime in this country is far higher than the actual crime. We are inundated with crime headlines on the streets, lamp posts, posters, Tv, etc, and I ask the question: is the crime all we see of ourselves? What if such energy was put into motivating people to tackle our problems, into creating a winning mindset? And to those who've run away overseas; is running away the solution? The countries we run to were built up by people who took responsibility in challenging times.
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A matter of perception
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Friday, 30 April 2010 13:13
Leslie Viljoen
Is our perception of crime worse than actual crime? There's plenty of information on this, if you care to do the research. Wierdabrug police station, the one closest to me, shows an average of 34.1 murders per year for the last six years. Auckland city - the entire city - shows an average of 7.3 murders per year for the last three years. In those three years only two murders went unsolved.
The Western Cape province has 4.5m people, New Zealand 4.2m. In 2007 there were 65 killings in the whole country of New Zealand. About the same number our local police station will rack up in two years. Number of murders in Western Cape for 2007? Around 2500.
Being positive is great, but you have to be alive to be positive.
Louis, UK
Hi, Wake up and smell the coffee little boy. I have never read such a bunch of lies!! How much do you get paid to do this? Dont tell me you dont as you said in previous posts. I have read all your replays to negative ones, and all of it says the same.
One day you will be sorry for painting such a "pretty" picture of one of the most dangerous countries in the world. People like you make me sick. I have showed everyone I know youre website and everyone is laughing at you little... Read more/Comment
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The Western Cape province has 4.5m people, New Zealand 4.2m. In 2007 there were 65 killings in the whole country of New Zealand. About the same number our local police station will rack up in two years. Number of murders in Western Cape for 2007? Around 2500.
Being positive is great, but you have to be alive to be positive.
Sources:
http://www.saps.gov.za/statistics/reports/crimestats/2009/crime_stats.htm
http://www.police.govt.nz/statistics/2009/calendar/index.html