If we can’t shoot to kill, then we will resort to stabbing, stoning, wielding sharp objects or beating the person to death.
The beauty that is South Africa has a dark and evil cloud hanging over it: crime.
It blocks out everything that is good and casts a pall of fear over the land.
No country is immune to crime. Theft, murder, robbery, rape and other crimes are features all over the world.
But nowhere as much as in South Africa, according to the latest crime statistics.
We love to murder our compatriots. We love it so much that we murder three people every hour in the country. Let that sink in.
One person is murdered every 20 minutes of every single day. Statistics show that 6 536 people were murdered between January and March this year and 6 198 more were murdered between April and June.
If we can’t shoot to kill, then we will resort to stabbing, stoning, wielding sharp objects or beating the person to death.
On a national scale, that is 21 people murdered per 100 000.
Leading the provincial pack in murder is the Eastern Cape followed by the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
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If you’re not able to murder the person, then assault them with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm. This statistic comes in at an eye-watering 39 738 cases from April to June this year.
It does not even bare measuring daily. This figure is staggering.
Not only does it appear that South Africans love to murder each other, but the latest crime statistics show that we love to commit sexual offences even more.
Between April and June this year, 9 303 cases of rape were reported in the country. That is 103 cases a day – or four rapes every single hour – in the country.
These are all violent crimes perpetrated by people we know in our communities.
There are a range of socioeconomic crises that feed this crime beast.
But we must admit that we are a disturbed people in a sick country and our sense of value of each other is not very high.
The state is also failing the people. It is failing to lead. It is failing to engender a culture of inclusivity and respect for the law.
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Crime intelligence, if it exists, seems incapable of making inroads in this fight.
And the criminals are emboldened daily to go and cause mayhem as they please.
We need to stand up and fight back!
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