The reasons for decline in tourism arrivals in SA

[Lisbeth]

Describes them rather well. Some are criminals without a record

[Lisbeth]

Police Accountability Tracker

By Daneel Knoetze for Viewfinder | 20 Oct 2021

Viewfinder’s Police Accountability Tracker is an interface to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate's (Ipid's) database of more than 47,000 complaints registered against the police between April 2012 and March 2020. Users can use the filters to home in on any police station for an overview of cases registered there. Users can also locate any individual case for a 'progress report', as at March 2020. The data demonstrate that police officers implicated in violent crimes routinely escape accountability.

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article ... tion%20now

New police accountability tracker casts intense light on brutality of officers

Click on the second title to read much more on the subject above.

[Lisbeth]

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/wh ... h%20Africa

TABLE: TOP 20 ‘MOST DANGEROUS CITIES’ REVEALED
The fact that residents in Kabul say they feel safer than residents in either Pretoria, Johannesburg, or Durban says it all. Only Brazil has more individual entries into the top 20, whereas the criminal havens of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) and San Pedro Sula (Honduras) complete the leading five.


Photo: Numbeo

SOUTH AFRICA ALSO RANKS TERRIBLY AS A COUNTRY
But wait, there’s more. The same metrics have been applied to 133 other nations, and South Africa comes out as the third-most dangerous country featured in the survey. Venezuela and Papua New Guinea make up the top two, with Afghanistan and Honduras ranked fourth and fifth respectively.

Angola is the second-highest-ranking African country, coming in at 13th on the list…
Rank Country Crime Index Safety Index
1 Venezuela 83.76 16.24
2 Papua New Guinea 80.79 19.21
3 South Africa 76.86 23.14
4 Afghanistan 76.31 23.69
5 Honduras 74.54 25.46
6 Trinidad And Tobago 71.63 28.37
7 Guyana 68.74 31.26
8 El Salvador 67.79 32.21
9 Brazil 67.49 32.51
10 Jamaica 67.42 32.58
11 Syria 67.18 32.82
12 Peru 66.72 33.28
13 Angola 66.48 33.52
14 Cameroon 65.24 34.76
15 Namibia 65.21 34.79
16 Nigeria 64.06 35.94
17 Bangladesh 63.90 36.10
18 Argentina 63.82 36.18
19 Puerto Rico 62.84 37.16
20 Bahamas 62.06 37.94

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[Lisbeth]

Not very inviting

[Lisbeth]

Qatar Airways to resume flights to and from South Africa

https://ilovesouthafrica.com/news/qatar ... a-flights/

Excellent also coming from Europe

[Lisbeth]

EU countries agree to lift South African travel ban

The latest: European Union member states have agreed to lift the air travel ban on South Africa and other southern African countries, which will allow more travel to resume.

What it means: The decision lifts the so-called emergency brake introduced in November, France, which holds the rotating EU presidency, said in a tweet.

In practice: Travellers from the region will still be subject to health measures applicable to travellers from third countries.

https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/so ... s-20220110

[Lisbeth]

More than 1,400 people were killed in Gauteng between January and March this year

Try to imagine them in a line, a long line; only in three months

[Richprins]

[Mel]

But I think, violent crimes have increased almost everywhere with unemployment rising and desperation taking over.
It's a mad world we live in.