http://mg.co.za/article/2011-09-08-mthethwa-forget-cynics-the-crime-stats-really-are-good-news
Dr Chris de Kock, the head of the police's crime research and statistics unit said murder was one of the most reliable statistics as all corpses were recorded. "There is no under- or over-reporting," he said.
Dr Johan Burger, senior researcher for the Crime and Justice Programme at the Institute for Security Studies, told the Mail and Guardian that the institute had been working hard over the past three weeks to verify crime statistics, due to the cynicism with which they are often met.
"We did our homework," Burger said.
The ISS looked at figures from Grant Thornton, the South African Banking Risk Information Council, the petroleum industry and the Consumer Goods Council. He said all indicators showed crime was indeed down.
"It is drastically reduced in some cases."
Both Burger and Nel put the decreases down to better partnerships between police, private security firms and business.
Rooster footnote : I know you people get butt hurt really badly about good news in South Africa and have pinned all your hopes for happiness in life on South Africa failing under "dark rule". I know you have all sorts of names for what you like to think you represent: Realist, Cynic, Pragmatist etc but let's call you what you really are.
A ball of frustrated, grumpy, miserable, schadenfreude filled old bigots who can't stand their doom and gloom predictions for the country not becoming real. When murder is down you cringe at the thought. When the economy is doing well you want to vomit. You scan the papers and news media for bad news to confirm your bias and when you find it you get a thrill. How bankrupt a cause to spend your life fighting for: The endless hope you might be right about how hopeless and shitty the world is.
Pathetic.
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A ball of frustrated, grumpy, miserable, schadenfreude filled old bigots who can't stand their doom and gloom predictions for the country not becoming real. When murder is down you cringe at the thought. When the economy is doing well you want to vomit. You scan the papers and news media for bad news to confirm your bias and when you find it you get a thrill. How bankrupt a cause to spend your life fighting for: The endless hope you might be right about how hopeless and shitty the world is.
Pathetic.
STRAWMAN ALERT....
Enter left: the cavalry of cunts.
Look guys. I'm just better and way smarter than you. On just about every single topic if you are seeing it differently to me then you're just wrong. That's just life. Very few of us are intellectually gifted like myself. Perhaps bow down to my superior intelligence ? It's ok! We're not all born to lead.
wow I'm dealing out 7 levels of pwnage today ! On manic form !
Rooster you rule dude !
Are you guys angry at my comments ? I bet you are. I really love it.
I'm kind of the coolest person in the world.
Right off the to pub. Catch you losers on the flip side.
Bokke !
hey, wanna be the first to say:
Welcome Back!!!!!!
http://iluvsa.blogspot.com/
Lots in store for u mahfah....
ha ha...me and my hasty hand. That's "Your" of course.
"Yes...congrats"
Mmmm, savour that....
I do believe you are grinding your teeth...but of course, we will have to fend off your constant assault against free speech...perhaps you will call for another ban, and when everybody ignores it, you'll have another tantrum and "go to China"
Your PWNAGE are belong to us.....hahahahahahahha...mahfah...
Will I get I luvsa banned ? Depends on their content. At the end of the day it's up to them. After all if they aren't being disgusting bigots there is nothing I can do. If they are ?
Easy thing.
Mein gott but Islandshark has a hard on for talking crap about me. He says that I brought ILSA down. Never did; what a cry baby. I don't believe in censorship other than in the case of aggravated menacing.
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