Just a Victim (of Crime)

Running the gauntlet from Cape Town international airport along the N2 highway is a feat on its own. All bridges along this stretch of road are renowned rock and brick ambush hot spots. Ideally if you do not want to burdened with car hire insurance excesses even before checking into your hotel, a [...]

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These rape statistics do not reflect true crime figures as government is in denial that South Africa has a problem. Prosecution of sexual offenders is difficult, many never reported. Due to corruption even in our police force and a moratorium on actual figures the following reflects only the tip of the iceberg.
54 people [...]

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The City News quotes 16% of households will pay less.
50% will have up to A 15% increase, while 27% will have a nominal 30% increase.
For 5% of the city slickers increases of 30-40%, while those select few over 40%.
As usual the Cape Town City thinks the general population are a bunch of illiterate moron’s with [...]

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City of Cape Town”s Table Mountain has being a muggers paradise for some time , but now its out of control. How is it possible for 15 people to be attacked in three days, yet mountain management say reasonable have been taken to resolve crime issue. Walk in large [...]

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On the night early in August a child’s dog went missing in the Van Riebeeck Park area. The father took his distressed daughter in his landrover and went about searching for her belovered collie.
The dog was subsequently found, but on stopping on a verge to pick up dog, had forgotten to put the [...]

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What follows is a an accurate recount of events as they unfolded one Saturday afternoon sometime in mid August.
It was surprisingly hot for this time of the year and after checking and rechecking the contents of the refrigerator numerous times it was confirmed- it was empty. The cupboards shared a similar fate but fortunately the [...]

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The status of the City Cape Towns Table mountain as a Natural World Heritage Site may in jeopardy because of increasing attacks.

Apparently steps are being taken to manage the problem. You are advised to walk in large groups, rather pointless advice since muggers in South Africa normally have more arsenal than [...]

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