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By: Jammathon

Jammathon — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:17:38 +0000

How ironic that an Indian accuses an Australian of racism by resorting to generalisations. It’s also unfortunate for you that I am South African by birth, lived there for 16 years, and know enough about the situation to make educated guesses. Crime is a jarring factor in the country, Shard, and I’d hope (but don’t expect) an apology for your slander.

By: Shard

Shard — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:13:10 +0000

I usually like reading your articles and find you present a reasonable balanced view. I guess you should just stay of politics. Linking the World Cup in south africa with a one off incident in some troubled border region in Angola is stupid to the extreme.It’s like me believing the hyperbole of the Indian media about Australians all being blood thirsty racists who just can’t wait to stab/burn/kill any Indians.

I do not know anything of the situation in Africa but I know enough about terrorism to know that such incidents can happen anywhere. Numerous terrorist attacks have taken place in my country over the past 20 years yet I don’t feel unsafe, or at least any more unsafe than I felt in London or Paris.
As regards crime, tourists need to be alert anyway. Crime does really happen anywhere. You MAY!!! have better recourse to law in the developed countries after the crime but that’s about the only difference.

A little perspective is in order, especially since I’m guessing you know very little about the situation in Angola and in Africa in general.

By: Tiki

Tiki — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:45:03 +0000

Although. Yes Angola is a separate case, much like Congo. My father and all my uncles served there during the War of Independence. So yes, it is more prone to violent crime. But, on the other hand South Africa has a history of crime, due to the intense poverty of a large portion of it’s people.

Anyway, I hope Arsenal win tonight, and the ACN and World Cup wrap up with no more tragedies.

By: Tiki

Tiki — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:35:53 +0000

My family is also from South Africa. And unfortunately a member of my family was on the receiving end of violent & fatal crime. So I have severe doubts about the ability of South Africa to provide security, etc to the travelling fans of any visiting nation. If they can’t look after their own people, how can they possibly look after hordes of ignorant tourists?

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By: jim

jim — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:39:54 +0000

“shoot him some more.”

LMFAO

By: Johnny Hoy

Johnny Hoy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:39:29 +0000

All a bit Neville Chamberlain. Shame about the driver though.

By: Jammathon

Jammathon — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:00:38 +0000

No probs, MikeSA. It’s at least good to have a fellow South African reading the blog. I love my country of birth, but I’m also very frank about some of it’s problems. I remain open (and will be glad) to being proved wrong.