South Africans told to stop 'whingeing' about crime. If You Don't Like It Here, Leave.

The Guardian ^ | 06/21/2006 | Rory Carroll

[SirLinksalot]

South Africans told to stop 'whingeing' about crime

Rory Carroll in Johannesburg

Wednesday June 21, 2006 The Guardian

Crime victims staged an angry protest in South Africa yesterday after a government minister suggested those who "whinged" about levels of murder and rape should emigrate.

Demonstrators, who said the 51 murders and 151 rapes recorded daily were unacceptably high, were responding to the safety and security minister, Charles Nqakula, who told parliament this month that those who complained about crime were unpatriotic moaners.

"They can continue to whinge until they're blue in the face, be as negative as they want to, or they can simply leave this country so that all of the peace-loving South Africans, good South African people who want to make this a successful country, can continue with their work."

The comments provoked outrage from relatives of murder victims and survivors of assaults, who filled the media with tales of violence and incompetent policing. "Where, honourable minister, do you propose I go?" asked a letter writer to a newspaper, saying she had been raped and mugged and was now paralysed by fear. Yesterday's protest was held outside a court where nine men were on trial charged with bludgeoning a 78-year-old woman to death in her home and raping her 25-year-old pregnant neighbour.

The attacks, which happened last month at Gordon's Bay, a beauty spot in the Western Cape, followed a series of high-profile incidents, including the killing of a judge's granddaughter and the rape of her nanny.

Dozens of people held placards urging the minister to apologise for his remarks. Fanie le Roux, a relative of the murdered pensioner, said he had not been placated by Mr Nqakula's explanation that the whingeing reference was directed at opposition members of parliament and not South Africans in general.

[SauronOfMordor]

James Michener, in one of his many books, posed the idea that Africa may well have to go through a couple of centuries of retribalization followed by nation-building again. I often think of that when reading news from Africa. Steyn has called it new-primitivization or re-primitivization....

There's a lot of Chinese guys going into South Africa and Zimbabwe. The Chinese need the SA resources for their economy.

Unfortunately for black South Africa, a time may come when the Chinese decide they have no need for the Africans...

[Dosa26]

"Well, I kind of agree. Africa has my vote for top of the "lost cause" list"

It just bothers me because it could be a great place

"Right next to Palestinians embracing peace and Arabs printing Israel on their maps."

Now you're just asking for me to call you a jive-turkey.

"Sadly, we have to deal with the Arabs. Can't figure out the Palestinian thing unless you consider the "watching a slow-motion train-wreck" thing. Africa we can pretty much write off and we should do so."

Probably, unfortunately,...

[Dosa26]

Oh yeah, You'ah jive-turkey!

[stevio]

Thanks for the education.

[Riverman94610]

True,Marxist socialists breed death but a lot of death is bred by plain old tribal and religious antagonisms going back hundreds of years.
The bottom line is that there IS no answer.Africa is going down.

[11th_VA]

So, guess where the next World Cup is going to be held ???

[Riverman94610]

I recall the story of this black guy who was complaining that he hated working for the white man.
His friend replied,"Man,if you think working for the WHITE man is bad,just wait till you get a CHINESE boss"