Re: Crime in South Africa

[Anemic Fairy]

[[[TOPIC: Crime in South Africa
Date: Sat, Mar 22 2008 1:12 am
From: Trevor
It is patently obvious that the current management and staff of the
SAPS simply cannot cut the mustard in the face of the deadly crime
wave in SA. To a large extent the security business has already been
privatised, but without any legislative authority to apprehend and
prosecute
criminals.]]]

---Not to mention the fact that is has become virtually illegal to
defend oneself against criminals. I see there are now moves afoot to
greatly restrict even non-lethal weapons such as pepper spray. The
average citizen is being systematically disempowered, and the police
cannot fill the void. No wonder then that we often hear of mob
justice.

[[[However, the reality is that every centralised authoritarian regime
knows that direct control of the security forces is essential to THEIR
security. This is something they will never give up without a huge
struggle, using those same security services to suppress all other
points of view. So, interesting as this discussion may be, it is
ultimately pointless.]]]

---Yes, alas, I fear you are right about that.