hey everyone,
my name is ashley and i've been reading along with these for awhile
now, cause i started trying to learn afrikaans after a previous trip to
africa... however i'm planning on going back in january for a month and
a half and have been debating back and forth about safety. i'm planning
on going to cape town, but now you mention that that's not even that
safe... is there anything i should know before going, extra precautions
or anything like that?


--- In learn-afrikaans@yahoogroups.com, "Reinout"
<reinout.temmerman@...> wrote:
>
> Thank God this is certainly not the case in the whole country. Crime
> in Gauteng and KZN amount to about 75% of the country's crime. That
is
> but 2 of the 9 provinces.
>
> REINOUT: Indeed but even Capetown - a shining example within S.A. -
is
> a nightmare in crime compared to other Western countries. However the
> time maybe has come when we can't compare S.A. anymore with any other
> Western country but instead must hold it to the standard of Africa,
ie
> Congo and Zimbabwe.
>