South Africa: attacks on migrants show failure to stem racial tension

[mearylll]

Hi

South Africa is quite an unsafe country. It is struggling to shake off its history and will require a lot more time to develop so that each citizen can have a good standard of living.

Thanks

[Spendulus]

Hi

South Africa is quite an unsafe country. It is struggling to shake off its history and will require a lot more time to develop so that each citizen can have a good standard of living.

Thanks

South Africa is only doing way, way better than most other sub-Saharan countries.  And it's ONLY a lot safer than in the past.

[bryant.coleman]

South Africa is only doing way, way better than most other sub-Saharan countries.  And it's ONLY a lot safer than in the past.

The crime rate in South Africa remains higher than that in most of the other Sub Saharan African nations, and I am yet to observe any significant drop in the rates as of now. There is no denying that RSA is one of the wealthiest nations in the African continent. But that is solely due to the presence of the gold and platinum deposits, which have been extracted almost completely.

[Spendulus]

South Africa is only doing way, way better than most other sub-Saharan countries.  And it's ONLY a lot safer than in the past.

The crime rate in South Africa remains higher than that in most of the other Sub Saharan African nations, and I am yet to observe any significant drop in the rates as of now. There is no denying that RSA is one of the wealthiest nations in the African continent. But that is solely due to the presence of the gold and platinum deposits, which have been extracted almost completely.

You believe the crime rate is higher?  Or is it just that there's a semblance of a crime reporting system in place, where elsewhere, good luck.

[bryant.coleman]

You believe the crime rate is higher?  Or is it just that there's a semblance of a crime reporting system in place, where elsewhere, good luck.

It can be a combination of both. A large part of the South African population lives in the so called "informal townships" (comparable to the ghettos in the United States), where the crime rate is unbelievably high. Most of the other Sub Saharan African nations don't have these ghetto areas, and therefore the crime rate is somewhat lower.