We live in Johannesburg, where the crime rate is amongst the highest in the country. My folks had to move from their beautiful home to a much smaller one for security reasons, and now we are going through the same with my In-Laws - they don't stay in a very safe area and are stubbornly refusing to sell and move house!!

Pops, it is a vicious cycle of poverty and crime. Until the imbalances of the past are addressed, and the previously disadvantaged find ways of uplifiting their economic plight - ideally through job-creating and NOT hand-outs, then the situation will continue.

Bottom line: someone who has NOTHING also has NOTHING TO LOSE.

I love South Africa, but I don't see a future there for my children. If I was single and had no kids, I'd be back there tomorrow!!