South African Murders

// August 27th, 2006 // News // 2,913 views

“Watch your back in South Africa. They kill folks here. Murder them at a bewildering rate.

Robbers kill their victims, bystanders kill criminals, family members kill each other.

Gunbattles erupt on streets and in shopping malls. Passers-by whip out pistols and join in firefights between criminals and police or security guards. A recent flurry in high profile bloodshed even has police suggesting they are losing the fight with violent crime.”

So reads the introduction of an Associated Press article, “South Africans murders hit scary rate” that I found posted on Yahoo over the weekend.

Not I don’t dispute for one second that we have a serious crime problem in the country, but heck, the article makes Johannesburg sound like the inner-city of some war-torn country.

A tad hectic.

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Ewan says:

2006/08/28 at 09:40

More than a tad hectic, sheesh, talk about sensationalism. Always easier (and always more newsworthy) to focus on the negative and ignore all the good news. If this depressed you, check out SA: the Good News
shortypam says:

2006/08/28 at 10:03

i think people have become so self absorbed that they think that the whole world will see their view, articles like this are detremental to the growth of our economy, people all over the world gets to see this and they stop and think: “hey wait i was going to invest billions into that country, thank goodness i read this” or “i was going to go there for my vacation but i think iv changed my mind” this is wat happens.

i know our country has problems but so do others, we can all do something to combat this and not jus sit and complain about it all the time.
Peter Goodman says:

2006/08/28 at 10:11

Sensationalistic?

Hardly.

The statistics speak for themselves.

And, while we are on the subject of muder in SA, why don’t we speak about the more than 2,000 Boere farmers who have been murdered since the Communist-ANC regime took over, hmmmm?

http://stopboergenocide.com/
Jam says:

2006/08/28 at 13:20

Ouch! That’s just absurd. I haven’t seen much of that lately. Have you?
The Chiz says:

2006/08/28 at 13:25

Ocuh.
That is really hectic! What can ordinary south Africans do in response to pieces like this?
Aquila says:

2006/08/28 at 13:49

Best is probably to write to the AP office in South Africa. The journalist who wrote the article is actually the bureau chief in Johannesburg if I’m not mistaken. Maybe we should speak to Terry and tell him the article was way unfair.
Dave says:

2006/08/29 at 16:43

Associated Press are a disgusting organisation who symbolise all that is wrong with the MSM today. Their Lebanon coverage was repulsive and looks like they’re now trying to do a hatchet job on SA. They thrive on sensationalism.
Boerseun says:

2006/08/29 at 17:21

Unfortunately the Afrikaans media in South Africa is also not doing a great job at reporting the news. I still to Beeld regularly, but know there’s more news than the staple of stories they feature.

Is there crime in SA? Yes. It is unreasonably height? Yes. Does it have to be all over every major news papers all the time? If you believe in Freedom of speech, yes, but it needs to be balanced. If all you want to show is the violence, you most likely don’t want to do anything about it, except blame and accuse. It is easy to blame and accuse, but not that easy to create change. Part of that change is changing the mindset of â€œthem and usâ€. White South Africans need to realize, it is not them and us anymore. Whites are in the minority, and need to deal with that fact. I did not say be complacent, but deal with it and make it work for South Africa. The crazies still longing for a homeland of their own will never be happy, and will never fully integrate with what is the realism of the new South Africa. The sooner people understand they need to do something for themselves instead of blaming a government, the sooner things will change. The first starting point is finding common ground. Black and White are all fed up with the crime. That is a point to start with and unite people behind, but you need true leaders to unite people like that, something sadly, South Africa does not have at this time.

Unfortunately that will not solve the crime, and even more, will not promote investment and tourism, which can help the economy and curb crime.
Aquila says:

2006/08/29 at 21:21

Boerseun your R10 is in the post…

Very valid comments there – think we all have to do our part in solving the issue, it doesn’t help to just sit here and be complacent about it, get involved in a constructive way.