"Dear mr. Zuma
2% on crime is not enough
We looked forward to your State of the Nation Address with great anticipation. We were especially anxious to hear what you have to say about crime. Crime is ripping the country apart. Every day there are more headlines about murders. We don’t even read the stories about violent crimes that do not involve murder or rape, because such stories are no longer out of the ordinary. When something is no longer out of the ordinary, it has become the norm. We will not accept that attacks on our people are becoming the norm.
We see crime as the biggest problem in the country, because crime kills, rapes and tortures. Crime causes fear and causes people to flee. Crime damages general and investor interest in the country. Crime threatens the success of the Soccer World Cup and scares off tourists.
The government’s priorities were spelled out in your speech. Only 2% of your speech or 115 of your 4 411 words were devoted to crime. In other words, in a speech that lasted almost an hour, one minute was spent on crime.
You spent more time, or 132 words, welcoming guests of honour than talking about what you plan to do about crime. The Soccer World Cup and even your hotline received more attention than the issue of crime.
You spelled out clear outcomes for the government’s priority areas, but no clear outcomes were given for crime.
Of all the priority areas, crime received the least attention. The economy and job creation received 6,5 times more attention. Improvement of service delivery received 6 times more attention. Education and training received more than 3 times the attention. Health received almost double the attention given to crime. The fight against crime cannot be put on the back burner until the targets of these other priorities have been met some day in the distant future.
We as citizens of South Africa respond as follows to your State of the Nation Address: 2% on crime is not enough. We expect that you and the government do more about crime in South Africa. We expect clear outcomes.
Lizette De Klerk
Concerned citizen of South Africa
Submitted on: February 17, 2010
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Name: Lizette De Klerk
Email: lizettedeklerk@gmail.com
Cell number: +27 878066300 x 780
Tell your story:
In December 1999, while on my way home from work in Cape Town's CBD, I was flung from a moving train by one of the two men who attacked me on Metro Rail to rob me of my handbag. I ended up in ICU with severe head trauma. To this day I suffer from very bad headaches and other health issues as a result.
Both my young sons had to deal with thieves on a personal level: one was attacked inside of Canal Walk near security guards, and the other's cellphone was stolen from his bedside table when a robber broke into our home while he slept. My husband had to flee for his life when he used an ATM and robbers zeroed in on him in brought daylight on Trafalgar Square, Cape Town. We can tell you many more stories: our vehicles were broken into and stolen, our neighbor was murdered, our friends attacked, fraud was committed with our property (it was even in the news) and our property damaged and stolen.
On every occasion the police were unable to catch the culprits. It is small wonder that so many GOOD PEOPLE ARE LEAVING South Africa.
Lawlessness abounds and it has to stop.
A president that cannot control his own lusts have no business running a country and when he does, what example does he set for others with the lust to kill and steal and fornicate?
Gun-control is not the answer, it only takes away guns from the good guys who are willing to give them up. Prison is not the answer, it only gives the criminals a nice warm place to stay for a few months while honest taxpayers have to foot the bill for their upkeep. More police might be the answer, but they'd have to be honest and where do you find that in South Africa? The government is corrupt, the officials are corrupt, and you, Mr. Zuma, are the head honcho!
Things are only getting worse, Mr. Zuma. Your political alliances (through your sex-partners who happen to be related to high ranking South Africans) is not going to save South Africa from deterioration. The buck stops with YOU!
My family and friends live in this country and I want them to be safe. YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT; YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT!
Sincerely,
Lizette De Klerk
2010-02-17
© 2010 Lizette De Klerk"
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