100,000 Dead, 1.3mil Assaulted, 1 million leave

This sounds like the typical war-torn country with international attention and refugee status...

However this humanitarian crisis is South Africa.

"...more than 100 000 people were murdered in South Africa in the five previous financial years, nearly 270 000 raped, and 1,3-million seriously assaulted.

More than a million robberies were committed and nearly 450 000 cars stolen."

src: http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=312960&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/


Now who are all these nameless faceless victims, and how can you be sure this stuff is the real tangible stuff that you can "touch" ?

Read THIS link:
Why I'm fleeing South Africa
by Anne Paton (widow of Alan Paton)
London Sunday Times—DISPATCHES, Sunday, November 29, 1998
src: http://www.ourcivilisation.com/cry.htm


Ofcourse I can tell you how many of my friends that have been murdered, the number of times that I had near death experiences due to crime, or how a close friends elderly parents were attacked and attempted rape etc... but I think the above link does justice to the extent of crime in South Africa.

Or perhaps the one below will:

Where Angels Fear To Tread - A True Story