Crime in South Africa / Misdaad in Suid Afrika

This is posted in English (with some Afrikaans) so the WHOLE WORLD can be made aware of the plight of ALL South African people who suffer daily under the effects of the HIGH CRIME LEVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA!!!

English: Please help South Africans fight crime by supporting this action. Follow the link:  http://www.dearpresident.co.za/
It only takes 1 minute.
My family (& yours?) will be safer because YOU ADDED YOUR VOICE!
Thank you so much.

Afrikaners & Afrikaanses: ondersteun asseblief hierdie aksie om misdaad te beveg in Suid Afrika. Volg die skakel:  http://www.geagtepresident.co.za/
Dit neem slegs 1 minuut.
My familie (en joune?) sal veiliger wees as JY JOU STEM BYVOEG!
Baie dankie.

I submitted my letter!
Ek het my brief ingestuur!

Please feel free to copy the text above and forward it to as many people as you care to. Thank you.
Jy is welkom om hierdie teks hierbo te kopieer en vir soveel as moontlik mense aan te stuur. Baie dankie.

For more info on SA Crime see here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/1924251.stm
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/272232
http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/10/summary-sa-crime-stats-32002-42009.html
http://www.saps.gov.za/
http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-from-sa-gets-worse-every-day_17.html
http://www.saps.gov.za/statistics/reports/crimestats/2008/crime_stats.htm
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2040597&id=1026941238&ref=mf
http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/ee2c58a1b6df4b6eb48ca8b4a1504b27/04-01-2010-07-06/Mom,_daughter_raped_at_home
http://www.beeld.com/Content/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/1928/81c07dd929c6474298c7c5b3321455c5/26-01-2010-01-50/%E2%80%98Dit_was_net_bloed%E2%80%99_in_Vaal-aanval_
http://www.madibengpulse.co.za/?Task=system&CategoryID=28789&HeadingText=News+210110+corrie+raath
http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/crime/stop_crime_say_hello_2.html
http://www.southafrica.to/Tourists/Tourists-safety.php5
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/270667
http://www.truecrimexpo.co.za/
http://goafrica.about.com/b/2008/07/14/is-it-safe-to-travel-to-south-africa.htm
http://www.nationmaster.com/discussion/country/sf/Crime
http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1114774
http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/5958b0e0ca1445cc932e92e14b5b1549/17-02-2010-08-08/Constable_arrested_for_rape
http://www.einnews.com/southafrica/newsfeed-south-africa-crime
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_South_Africa
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=crime+news+south+africa&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=vzp8S7LnEY_-sgPR_OzKCA&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=12&ved=0CEcQqwQwCw
http://www.boerevryheid.co.za/forums/showthread.php?t=11614
http://www.iol.co.za/
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20100217180101199C762458
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/southafrica/rsanews.html
http://www.theherald.co.za/


Kill the Boer / Kill the Farmer Victums: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2040597&id=1026941238&ref=mf

For more photographs of attacked Afrikaners whose surnames start with "R" last year, view the following file: http://cid-b6b44a5376348175.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Kill%20the%20Boer%20kill%20the%20farmer%202009%20victims%20P%20-%20R?uc=1&isFromRichUpload=1

Many are arrested on similarly frivolous charges, dumped in police-cells and raped by criminals. The "charges' on which they were arrested, then are dropped the next day... http://neultra.blogspot.com/2008/07/alzheimer-sufferer-james-frederick.html
http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/01/police-jail-rapes-of-white-sa-men-is.html

You can also Google some of the major news media outlets such as:
News24; Beeld, Volksblad; Die Burger; Cape Argus; Rapport; City Press; Herald; Daily News; etc.

The details above are just a drop in the HUGE bucket of South Africa's crime problem.

Thank you for supporting this initiative. Dankie dat jy hierdie inisiatief ondersteun.

Lizette De Klerk
2010-02-17

© 2010 Lizette De Klerk

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Theresa Eksteen, panga-attack victim Jan 26 2010, Stilfontein – in serious condition
Stilfontein farm worker Ms Sophie Jonas was still cleaning the blood-stains from the homestead’s carpet when Beeld journalist Nicolize van der Walt arrived to report about the dreadful panga-attack which left Afrikaans farm resident Theresa Eksteen, 51, in serious condition at a local hospital.

According to her family, Mrs Eksteen underwent surgery to repair her crushed hand, and remains in shock and in pain. We suspect that it was a former employee who was fired in December. During the man ‘s panga attack, her cheek-bone was hewn open right across the cheek, she was bashed over the head, her hands were chopped up and her pinkie was nearly severed in the frenzied attack,’ said Mrs Hilda Hodges, her mother who lives just a few metres away from her daughter’s cottage along the Vaal riverfront. “She came knocking at our door, and blood was streaming from her. She couldn’t speak and could barely stand.’ Her husband Norman – who works in Zimbabwe, installing cellphone towers – was not at home but rushed back upon hearing the bad news. Local farmers and neighbours rushed in to help fight the attacker and chased him down after searching the entire area for four hours together with farm workers. The panga found in his possession was the murder-weapon, said police afterwards.

The homestead was coated in blood – the bed, bedding, curtains, mats and most of the kitchen. “It happened while she struggled to walk to the front door to seek help. It’s cruel, but the Lord is good to us and we are getting our strength from Above, she will be allright,’ said her mother.

During Beeld’s visit, the neighbours and workers were onhand to clean up the blood. Police captain Msisithela Selima confirmed the suspect’s arrest. He said it ‘was unclear what was robbed’. http://www.beeld.com/Content/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/1928/81c07dd929c6474298c7c5b3321455c5/26-01-2010-01-50/%E2%80%98Dit_was_net_bloed%E2%80%99_in_Vaal-aanval_ Retrieved from: Journalist, Adriana Stuijt's Photos - Kill the Boer Kill the Farmer victims at http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30948353&id=1026941238 on 2010-02-17. With thanks to her for her many crime awareness initiatives.

My Letter to South African President Jacob Zuma on Crime in South Africa

Below is a copy of the letter that I sent to South African President Jacob Zuma through the link:http://www.dearpresident.co.za/

"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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