Are South Africans becoming prisoners in their own homes ?

Metal fence surrounding a local school

The homeowner never knows whether the burglars will be be back to fetch what they missed the first time. I cannot understand why millions of honest people have to put up with this nonsense. It's time to get together to get our freedom back.

These days with the rights of individuals entrenched in the constitution it appears that victims of crimes have no rights whereas the perpetrators have plenty. Over the last few years criminals even got one up the police when police had to wait to be shot at before they could use their firearms against escaping criminals. A number of policemen who used their firearms in the course of their duties were arrested and charged with murder. One such case resulted in the policeman committing suicide.

One area in the Cape Peninsula was so crime riddled that police had to hire security guards to protect them in their police station. Have you ever heard of something like that before?

Police are there to protect the community and not be protected by the community. Of course with police having their hands tied by red tape with regard to the use of firearms criminals had a field day. Eventually common sense prevailed and police were allowed to use their firearms in certain instances. It appears that law and order is not the top priority of the authorities.

Murders, rapes and other serious crimes are seldom punished by the law. Statistics show that only 6% of serious crimes are ever solved and the perpetrators brought to book. It is common place for police dockets to go missing in serious cases and for the arrested persons to be released and get off scot free due to lack of evidence. Every case has a counter case and if that does not work out the race card is often used to undermine the complainant or victim.

With all the fun and games on the streets its not all bad news. South Africa is still safe for people to live in and visit. If one takes the necessary precautions and keeps away from places that appear to be dangerous then you can survive here.

Our biggest problem is that the prisons are full and to be able to catch and keep the dangerous criminals the petty criminals have to be released to make space. Unfortunately while the petty criminal has been behind bars in the universities of crime they have been trained to become dangerous criminals. When they are released from the prisons they are in most cases not rehabilitated and go straight back out and commit more crime. With this problem I cannot foresee South Africans getting out of their prison homes until the authorities take some drastic action.

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