Is 'Economic Apartheid' Killing South Africa? - The Diigo Meta page

• 23 Oct 07
  

  shaz rasul

  The government argues that crime is fueled by the gross social iniquities bequeathed by apartheid.

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• 22 Oct 07
  

  Arne Løining

  africa economics inequity

  • Official statistics show that 52 people are murdered every day in South Africa — an annual murder rate of 43.1 per 100,000 people. The U.S., by comparison, has an annual murder rate of 5.7 per 100.000 people. Added to that each year are 200,000 robberies, 55,000 rapes, and half a million cases of assault, serious assault and attempted murder.

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