In Gauteng and other major cities, the newspapers, television and Internet news have made it quite clear that the new policing tactics are out to make South Africa a better place. Crime kingpins are arrested, three of the four Christmas day attackers are shot dead in a bloody shoot – out with police and arrests are made hand over fist in serious crimes.
But that is in the Cities. For the farming communities out there, crime is still continuing unabated. On e – tv they discuss the newspapers, and this morning I noticed that the farm murder on the front page of one of the leading newspapers did not even get a mention.
Arrests are being made, of course. In the case of the Free State (Ficksburg) farmer who was killed, three suspects were caught hours after the murder by community members and the police, but for the murdered farmer, that arrest came hours too late. As I’m writing, the murderers of another farmer, in Mpumalanga, are still running free.
It would seem that high profile crimes are getting the most attention, crimes such as cash – in – transit robberies, mall robberies by big gangs and the robberies of the rich and famous. When it comes to those people who put the food on our tables, the crimes are downplayed.
I think someone should explain to Mr. Cele that if he would like to continue eating good food, he should look after those who produce that food.
If you would like to help with the crime in South Africa, please remember to join my crime forum at http://www.togetheragainstcrime.net/forum/index.php
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