Posted on 09/24/2006 5:41:05 AM PDT by NewsGuy2005
Paul Scheepers, a South African whose family tree goes back to nearly 200 years in the country, talks about his crime experiences in South Africa. Mnr. Sheepers talks about having had four motor vehicles stolen, being hi-jacked at gun-point, having witnessed a hi-jacking in a busy intersection in broad daylight, and many other instances of petty crime. Despite these experiences and having to live in constant fear, Mnr. Sheepers considers himself one of the "lucky" ones since he is still alive to tell the tale.
While crime in the "New" South Africa is out of hand, with the government and a lot of ordinary people seemingly in denial about the situation, changes have occurred for the worse almost at every level from the work place to the political spectrum. The "New" South African police force is next to useless in trying to cope with the approximately 50 murders everyday, being riddled with corruption itself. Most South Africans who can afford it have to see to their own security by employing "rent-a-cops," private armed response security companies, high walls, electric fences, security gates, guard dogs, etc. Despite all these security precautions the murders continue, the criminals become more and more brazen with gangs of them robbing shopping malls and restaurants often in broad daylight.
Mnr. Sheepers also notes that some of this crime appears to have more sinister overtones, since little or nothing is usually taken, and people are often tortured and raped before being shot execution style. Mnr. Sheepers says his people live in constant fear and barricade themselves in their own private little fortresses. On a fatalistic note, Mnr. Sheepers says it is only a matter of time before someone he knows or loves is either killed or traumatised.
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Oh, here and I thought this was an appeal from the former Sectratary to the Minister of Commerce (recently deceased) to assist him in the transfer of 115,000,000 GBP using my account for which I will be accorded a 30% fee...
Now thats funny...
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