Crime in South Africa, if you don´t like it you should leave! What do you think?

Question

This has been the government´s response to the many, many outcries of concerned citizens of South Africa.
With white South Africans (I use this term for overseas people, most South Africans, who I know, like to be refered to as South Africans, and not "white" South Africans or Europeans, or 2nd or 3rd generation Europeans etc.) being the major recipient of crimes it is obvious who the government is referring to, when it says leave the country. Is there a subtle movement to get the "white" South Africans out, but done slowly and covertly so as not to alarm the overseas community and scare off investors?
What do you think? Let me know, thanks everybody.

Answer 1

Doesn't sound a very helpful response. Either they don't want to/don't know how to tackle the problem, or you are right about the subtle movement to get the whites out. I wouldn't be surprised. Maybe they feel the whites have served their purpose...

What a shame. I have (white) relatives who were born there, whose parents emigrated there in the 1940s and worked hard & ran a business, but have recently felt compelled to leave & come 'back' to a country they don't feel is home.

Answer 2

Well if it was as easy, as just leaving, just because we don't like it then I can with all honesty say that is what most "white" South Africans will do. For young South Africans it's quite easy to get out, if you have the right degrees to your name. And yes for me If I got the chance to leave SA I would do so without a second thought. I'm very much in love with Singapore it feels so wonderful to be able to walk around anytime of the day or night and not having to fear for your life. Not having to hold on extra tight to your handbag and cellphone.
South Africa is a beautiful country with beautiful landscapes with alot of friendly and loving people it's just a pity some of the people in SA makes it what it is today. A country ruled by crime and fear. Where corruption takes a lead.

Don't get me wrong everyone and everything in SA is not bad but sometimes it's really hard to see the good!

Answer 3

We have left. After being born in SA and having lived there for 33 years while actively contributing to the economy, I decided that there is no future for my son there.

At one point I actually employed around 20 people, all from disadvantaged backgrounds. I think I have done my part for the country. My payback? I couldn't even get the money SA Revenue Services owed me on the last tax claim I completed while living there.

Well guess what, I make a point of telling EVERYBODY I meet in Europe about the incompetent, corrupt SA government. How they are abusing their powers to the detriment of those who can least afford it. And you know what, being in a senior management postition in a multinational company this means the word gets out to people in high circles!

I think the SA government is actually too stupid to be subtle. They are merely riding the wave of wealth created decades ago, but they are nearing the beach and will soon be stranded. The investment flow will soon not even cover the resources lost by skilled people leaving SA en masse.

Answer 4

Yes I think the message is obvious. SA is now more racially divided than it was under the previous government - when most people at least had jobs.
The current government is racist and I want to suggest that the current 'crime wave' is nothing else but government condoned terror. They are not going to do anything effective about it because to do so would upset their voter base.
I have just returned to UK after a 3 week visit to SA to see my family and wherever I went, airport, shops, restaurants etc, I never saw a white face amongst employees.

Answer 5

Sadly, as a long term resident of London, I have been privy to some of feelings that White South Africans have about their own country in
(voluntary) exile. Many of them simply exhibit the kind of racist attitudes that, once upon a time, they could espouse openly in their own country. What they must realize is that Aparthied was an abomination and that no amount of crime can mitigate a wish to return to the past.

South Africa is a society in transition, and while nobody wants to live with crime, we must all look to the future for solutions, not the past.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

To be honest I think your theory is ridiculous (I am being polite in my choice of words) as the VAST majority of victims of crime are ..... BLACK and the highest crime rates are in traditionally black areas.

Having said that, only an idiot cannot recognise that crime, together with unemployment are the two most pressing social issues of the country and the "you should leave" response to complaints about crime is bordering on criminal lunacy.

P.S. To contextualise my response: I am a black South African that is passionate about his country and voted for the ANC. This does not however mean that the government has my unqualified support and I reserve the right, a right we fought for for decades, to criticise whoever is in power when they act irresponsibly.

Answer 8

Got any of them blood diamonds going spare?

Answer 9

Sounds about right, now give back my farm and get the hell out...