South Africa P.I.G.

'Crooked cops cannot stop crime'

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIwKCBdBmlx5Q8G8Z9EXr44cXsZPJkKYSu7O6C4fc7pj031kxeJa3fkXRcMxkKn6fNgPweImkCcKomPVpaAi832ToWDY4wGObWJhnMaahEPT3ZK8LYxV72sglYpo-jAnY5u6AA3aWqLY/s1600-h/police-20tape.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379234598649920194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIwKCBdBmlx5Q8G8Z9EXr44cXsZPJkKYSu7O6C4fc7pj031kxeJa3fkXRcMxkKn6fNgPweImkCcKomPVpaAi832ToWDY4wGObWJhnMaahEPT3ZK8LYxV72sglYpo-jAnY5u6AA3aWqLY/s400/police-20tape.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" /></a><a href="http://www.iol.co.za/widgets/rss_redirect.php?artid=5156076&setid=0&sectid=3225&url=capetimes&vne=1&csect=Cape+Times">Over 500 police officers found guilty of crimes</a> 538 police officials out of the 669 charged were guilty of crimes such as murder, rape, theft and corruption in the 2008/09 financial year alone<a href="http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/Politics/1057/60339600e63e4ba2a2dc7a82d54cfe09/08-09-2009%2010-23/Dozens_of_killers_in_Saps">'Dozens of killers in Saps'</a>The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) found 38 policemen "guilty" of murder, 33 of attempted murder and 30 of rape. The highest number of offenses was for theft, with 108. More police officers in the Western Cape have been found guilty of crimes than in any of the other provinces, with 182 officers convicted for a range of crimes in the 2008/09 period. Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said it was unacceptable that police officers should commit crime, but there was only so much the SAPS was allowed to do about it. This after revelations 538 police officials out of the 669 charged were found to be guilty of crimes such as murder, rape, theft and corruption in that period. Mthethwa said these officials had no excuse as they knew the law and the difference between right and wrong. "We can't talk about uprooting crime in society when those responsible for doing it are involved in crime," he said. But he said police officers, like any other citizen, were protected by the constitution as well as "the human rights culture", which meant police authorities could not act any more harshly against them than other criminals. He said the upside was that the police officials mentioned in the statistics were exposed by colleagues, which shows that there are officers who act against crime. "We always commend such actions," he said. Mthethwa, however, said the police were not overly concerned about recording what happened to officers accused of crimes once convicted, as such officers were no longer regarded as part of the police, but as part of the criminal world. He said administration to follow up such cases took officers off the beat at a time when the SAPS was trying to improve visible policing. Mthethwa said although those wanting to become police officers went through a strict vetting process, there was talk of ongoing vetting processes and training for police officers. Mthethwa last week refused to provide FF+ MP Pieter Groenewald with the statistics of police officers charged with crimes from 2005 to 2007, as they were "not readily available" and "would necessitate the redeployment of police employees to verify every case that is relevant to the period in question", which would be "to the detriment of other essential duties or service delivery in the community". The statistics provided to Groenewald showed that most of the cops convicted of crimes after SAPS disciplinary hearings were in the Western Cape (182), while Gauteng had the fewest convictions (18). In KwaZulu-Natal 26 of the 34 officers charged with crimes were convicted, while the number in the neighbouring Eastern Cape was much higher, with 81 convicted out of 107 charged. In the Free State, 74 were convicted out of 93 charged. In the Western Cape theft (41 charges), assault (41), reckless driving (33) and driving under the influence (18) were the most common crimes committed by police officers, while in KwaZulu-Natal corruption (10) was the most common crime committed by police officers, followed by theft (7), assault (4) and murder (3). In Gauteng, five officers were charged with aiding an escapee. Nationally, 38 cops were "charged with or convicted of" murder, 33 were charged with attempted murder and 30 of rape. Substance abuse and drunkenness were also popular, with six officers charged with dealing in dagga, 14 with possessing illegal substances, 35 with driving under the influence and five with drunkenness. Some 108 officers were charged with theft, 34 and 89 officers are charged with fraud and corruption on the job respectively, and 31 with defeating the ends of justice. Firearm-related charges include four cases of failing to safeguard a firearm, three of possession of a firearm without a licence, three of loss of a firearm, five of the possession of a stolen firearm, two of discharging a firearm in a residential area, nine of pointing a firearm and two for the handling of a firearm while under the influence of alcohol. One police officer was charged with hijacking and another one of stock theft, and five with housebreaking and theft.

'Crooked cops cannot stop crime'

Over 500 police officers found guilty of crimes 538 police officials out of the 669 charged were guilty of crimes such as murder, rape, the...

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Two shot in Cape Town robbery

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09BrJbFMFxtOk_5dPtAosyUN9a_KFthWwO0TsUXa70edlIXJis1CEM5xp-lPxXIX1udkVR1F1Q7wlxYNuYKqUqyzjqYX-8kV4IGvzuu_w5tAMe3mgp2LL4wJCWFebEIWAQzhANzrxe9M/s1600-h/crime-robber.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379258947905990594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09BrJbFMFxtOk_5dPtAosyUN9a_KFthWwO0TsUXa70edlIXJis1CEM5xp-lPxXIX1udkVR1F1Q7wlxYNuYKqUqyzjqYX-8kV4IGvzuu_w5tAMe3mgp2LL4wJCWFebEIWAQzhANzrxe9M/s400/crime-robber.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" /></a>A SECURITY guard and a teller were shot and wounded in an armed robbery at a Shoprite store in Claremont, Cape Town today,Western Cape police said. The male security guard and female teller were taking the day’s taking to the cash office when they were approached by an unknown man when the store, on Main Road, was closing at 5pm, Captain Angie Latchman said. "The man then demanded the cash. When they refused he turned around and started walking away. He then turned around and shot them." The guard was shot in the shoulder and neck, the teller in the upper body. The man took the money and fled. He was still at large. ER24 spokesman Tristan Wadeley said guard was airlifted from the scene. The woman was taken to hospital by ambulance. Both were in a stable condition, he said.

Two shot in Cape Town robbery

A SECURITY guard and a teller were shot and wounded in an armed robbery at a Shoprite store in Claremont, Cape Town today,Western Cape polic...

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Asylum should be granted on race

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixhBtjLIO3TVAm_qPSE9xeNC_AcBALijGuz9poGPlyfvaqpoxl_LodRAoobwDdjRVzveqmcOVUCiEWtttxIbOKwS0VyugfB6UIqSa-HfBUY-O1J4Jf-9mrrahT9qBVc5SN2xQ5i23zeiU/s1600-h/brandon%2520huntley%2520white%2520refugee.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378482993210544610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixhBtjLIO3TVAm_qPSE9xeNC_AcBALijGuz9poGPlyfvaqpoxl_LodRAoobwDdjRVzveqmcOVUCiEWtttxIbOKwS0VyugfB6UIqSa-HfBUY-O1J4Jf-9mrrahT9qBVc5SN2xQ5i23zeiU/s400/brandon%2520huntley%2520white%2520refugee.jpg" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" /></a>I find it indicative of the stupidity of some of the commentators on the issue that accuse Canada of racism in their refugee policies. Canada has a wonderful refugee programme that accepts people from all over the world and of all hues. I have known and know of numerous other nationals living as refugees in Canada. All were accepted on a case-by-case basis and never on the basis of their race alone. Some of these may have been false claims, some drain on the social system, but most settle in and work and live as Canadians. We are an immigrant nation and I know few people without recent historic memory of another place and identity. Huntley’s claim that he was attacked seven times without police intervention and that race was a factor is not really surprising. I know a number of people who were assaulted at Umbilo police station for complaining to the police about the prostitution in the Glenwood area. They were told to go back to Europe and even beaten. I personally witnessed one such assault on a small white woman. I know that many people in Glenwood of Durban no longer bother to report crimes unless they are claiming insurance as the police do not investigate or appear to even care. And of course crime is not always race based. The police do not seem to care about anybody regardless of race. What changes the factors in Huntley’s story is that he felt he was targeted because he was white. This is probably true as many people keep pointing out that whites are still largely in economically dominant positions. The perception that Huntley would be a worthwhile target is probably based on his race, given that 99.9% of all crimes in SA are committed by blacks and appear to be racially motivated, whether it was correct or incorrect. Now to add to the global perception that race is all determining in the “New” South Africa think of the hateful comments being made by certain political leaders, high court judges and the fact that there are double standards in South African race politics. If a high court judge makes a racist utterance there is no appropriate response. If Malema makes wild accusations and threatens violence against whites there is no response. Couple such high profile racist remarks with the high crime and violence in South Africa is surely going to trigger race based fears among whites. It has been pointed out that unemployment among whites is at a low of 4,6% compared to 29,7% for black South Africans. Shocking disparity, but it does not take into account the million or so white South Africans who have left South Africa often citing better job opportunities elsewhere, lack of crime and all round better standard of living. Had these million or more stayed what would be the white unemployment rate? To deny that many whites feel persecuted in South Africa is a violent act. It affirms their fears that they do not belong in South Africa and are unwelcome here. Even if their perception is incorrect, and criminals are merely opportunists, their fears and perception should be acknowledged and dealt with. Instead they are accused of racism, told to leave South Africa and have their worst fears confirmed. Another “fact” that is often cited is that black male South Africans are most likely to be a murder victim and black women are most likely to be sexually assaulted or raped. While these are not disputed statistics one should question the rate of murder among whites when you consider the number that live behind large electric fences, gated communities and have private security. And yes, blacks are also attacked, just not with the same brutality. And brutality is the key word for what's happening to whites in South Africa. Many of the killings are unspeakably brutal. If you look at what [the criminals] do to their victims in these attacks, there is hatred for white people. One wheelchair-bound elderly woman was scalded with boiling water until she died. Both black and white are victims of black crime, but black crime against whites go hand in hand with such extreme violence, that it can only be described as hate crimes. Theft is only a secondary motive in many of the killings. Sometimes the murderers take nothing at all, and even when they do take weapons or money they kill needlessly and viciously. The torture and rape of victims suggests that the attackers do not merely intend to kill the victims, but to inflict pain, humiliation and suffering. It is common for bands of blacks to attack at nightfall and torture their victims until morning. South Africa's Whites in general have been disproportionately on the receiving end of the tidal wave of violent crime. What we see is a picture of racial harassment and persecution of the white minority who are being driven out of their land of birth altogether, by a combination of criminal, not to say terrorist, violence and 'affirmative action'.Clearly all is not well in South Africa. The government’s lacklustre response to crime besetting everyone is appalling. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PKLA_gMPZXrgREn8E_vlDCo_8kRMEP6BC4cveWw66uZ1_gJPdRmbngyRLpypQsokekhkPm5ZkR9tjOgE-KxQc5967AhCQsW_4bY5Zq4W3InhyphenhyphenkHtlYPNVSzWaYUeC3_eM6E6kELISUo/s1600-h/canada_white_Sans.jpg"></a><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378483932977279826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS27-3Qx3Z68lFDfQV3vQk7aOtQcDVtOVxqFV6lQl6CFYMBczG-uLv4bdMlFQBnk8H9x-nJphunDXE4ysHPKN1hf_MqGz5nTVPru_iFnCtzH_EaNqC_Cj-Uv46qt_Rp-aMKiKXLzVTu98/s320/canada_white_Sans.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Here is the Canadian criteria straight from the Canadian Immigration website Convention Refugee Convention refugees are people who are outside their home country or the country where they normally live, and who are unwilling to return because of a well-founded fear of persecution based on: • race • religion • political opinion • nationality or • membership in a particular social group, such as women or people of a particular sexual orientation. Person in need of protection A person in need of protection is a person in Canada whose removal to their home country or country where they normally live would subject them personally to: • a danger of torture; • a risk to their life; or • a risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment. And perhaps it will come to naught as Huntley’s claim may yet be rejected. However, it would be wrong to dismiss the claims as without any merit. As long as South Africans are defined by race the very real threat of racial injustice and discrimination against those deemed unacceptable exists. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIPI-lfor7W3_g_IlFblb3txIA1CWOWVlhyKKzo2hg3f9tYcSNUrZ5UXRSKEh4_U7peTr8UASYzX8SEOQSrNf9i6QCO5rhOmZmW3brr3WXGdmYM1VEgMcDc-8knNM1h0eII5ZSAq95MI/s1600-h/brandon-huntley-canadian-refugee-ruling-racist.jpg"></a>Readers Comments <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIPI-lfor7W3_g_IlFblb3txIA1CWOWVlhyKKzo2hg3f9tYcSNUrZ5UXRSKEh4_U7peTr8UASYzX8SEOQSrNf9i6QCO5rhOmZmW3brr3WXGdmYM1VEgMcDc-8knNM1h0eII5ZSAq95MI/s1600-h/brandon-huntley-canadian-refugee-ruling-racist.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFi2xkvynxArtwrrElkQzJIZJNKuNV-Dtb_JOBKcZaXMhi3_jHjKEmPQ_x9WhOCZhxw2NQRsNNmWol5pBIdJPTVz0oYv0apexA2s2v2hUT9vXD9FV0dXSNwfQXCjhyphenhyphenz717sPRHErkORO8/s1600-h/brandon-huntley-canadian-refugee-ruling-racist.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378484879472248690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFi2xkvynxArtwrrElkQzJIZJNKuNV-Dtb_JOBKcZaXMhi3_jHjKEmPQ_x9WhOCZhxw2NQRsNNmWol5pBIdJPTVz0oYv0apexA2s2v2hUT9vXD9FV0dXSNwfQXCjhyphenhyphenz717sPRHErkORO8/s320/brandon-huntley-canadian-refugee-ruling-racist.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 80px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" /></a>A South African man has been granted refugee status in Canada, where an immigration board found "clear and convincing proof" he was persecuted for being white. Most IOL readers thought there was nothing wrong with applying for foreign citizenship on racial grounds. IOL asked its readers: Is applying for foreign citizenship on racial grounds justified? Of the 1 064 people who participated in the 65 percent (691 votes) said "Yes", and 35 percent (373 votes) said "No". Here are some of the comments posted online: Susan: I voted 'Yes'. Cannot understand the bleating from the ANC that the decision by Canada is racist! During the days of apartheid, many of those now in government here were afforded 'refugee status' because of their colour and political affiliation. What a load of crapiola! Champagne: Yes it is justified. Being white in South Africa makes one a target for being attacked and reporting to the police gets a shrug of the shoulders. The attack is not criminally motivated but retribution for the past. Applying for a job gets a "don't be stupid you're white" attitude. EVERYthing in South Africa is about skin colour. Liz: The ANC wants a country without discrimination yet they are perpetuating discrimination with BEE. People should be judged on merit, not on the colour of their skin. Well done Canada for seeing what is actually happening here. Anonymous: Why shouldn't he seek asylum if he feels that his life is going to improve? He is entitled to a good life as we all are. Of course, more blacks are victims of crime than whites, they constitute the majority of the population of the country. We are all sick of crime, black and white alike. Colour has nothing to do with it. All decent people would like to normal, peaceful like which one can get in any 1st world country!!! Why should the government condone his citizenship of another country. If one wants to immigrate the application is made to the other country, not to the local authorities. Marc: Is applying for foreign citizenship on racial grounds justified? Of course it is - after all, it used to be in the supposedly bad old days. Now that we have crime at least 20 times more likely to happen with nothing to stem it, with murders and unspeakable urban and rural violence rampaging on, of which 95% is completely unreported, and a host of laws deliberately calculated to sideline and disadvantage whites, it's actually way more applicable than ever before.

Asylum should be granted on race

I find it indicative of the stupidity of some of the commentators on the issue that accuse Canada of racism in their refugee policies. Canad...

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