No one has given me a straight answer about why I can't vote. I come from the most beautiful country in the world. I don't want to give it up. Crime rampant Ms Butsch, a South African citizen who travels on a German passport, also left because of crime. She has two friends who have been gang raped and a knows several others who have been car-jacked.
Crime is indeed rampant in South Africa.
The country has the second highest murder rate in the world after Colombia and is the also the world's rape capital with 120 rapes per 100,000. But perhaps more important than the crime itself is the perception that it is impossible to bring the crime rate down. But in South Africa it's not for revenge, it's black on black. Ms Boulton-Carvalho plans to travel back to South Africa to cast her ballot next week. Even though I voted PAC in 1994, I'd rather support them because Mbeki can continue the country's journey towards economic development.