Crime feeds on itself and creates attitudes of acceptance and desperation within the population. Better economic opportunities would go a long way to alleviate the problem. But economic opportunities are dependent upon investment, and business is leery. As government tries to cut back and privatize, jobs are lost rather than gained. The situation in Zimbabwe has destabilized the economy somewhat.
White farmers are worried, but the government says things are under control.
People want to work. Every day people stop at our door and ask for a job. But we would rather employ people than give to the panhandlers who are continually asking for money. South Africans have been justly proud of their world-class health service, which serves a very small minority of the population. When I had a health problem a year ago I saw a fine family doctor who referred me to a specialist in the capital of this province.