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| | One of the largest challenges which South Africa faces is Crime. [[Crime in South Africa]] is a major political and social issue. Rape is endemic in South Africa. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1909220.stm][http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1008.html] According to a report entitled ''Murder in South Africa'' by Robert McCafferty and the Christian Action Network, a serious underreporting of violent crimes has occurred. Victims' surveys have consistently uncovered between 60% and 70% more crime than reported by official sources. Upwards of 50% of crime in many serious categories goes unreported. The number of homicides being reported to international agenicies such as [[Interpol]] is below the actual figure, and the South African government's claim that the homicide rate has declined since 1994, rather than risen to be among the highest in the world, is questioned. <ref>[http://www.christianaction.org.za/articles_ca/2003-3-MURDER_IN.htm Murder in South Africa], Report by Robert McCafferty, Christian Action Network. Retrieved 11 July 2007.</ref> | | One of the largest challenges which South Africa faces is Crime. [[Crime in South Africa]] is a major political and social issue. Rape is endemic in South Africa. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1909220.stm][http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1008.html] According to a report entitled ''Murder in South Africa'' by Robert McCafferty and the Christian Action Network, a serious underreporting of violent crimes has occurred. Victims' surveys have consistently uncovered between 60% and 70% more crime than reported by official sources. Upwards of 50% of crime in many serious categories goes unreported. The number of homicides being reported to international agenicies such as [[Interpol]] is below the actual figure, and the South African government's claim that the homicide rate has declined since 1994, rather than risen to be among the highest in the world, is questioned. <ref>[http://www.christianaction.org.za/articles_ca/2003-3-MURDER_IN.htm Murder in South Africa], Report by Robert McCafferty, Christian Action Network. Retrieved 11 July 2007.</ref> |
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| − | [[South African Farm Murders]] is a highly political issue with some claiming genocide or ethnic cleansing.. According to the Government the murders are "just the result of ordinary crime", but the Agricultural Unions believe it forms part of [[Genocide]] committed against the Boers of South Africa. | + | [[South African Farm Murders]] is a highly political issue with some claiming genocide or ethnic cleansing.. According to the Government the murders are "just the result of ordinary crime", but the Agricultural Unions believe it forms part of [[genocide]] committed against the Boers of South Africa. |
| − | [http://www.tlu.co.za/International%20Bulletins/2007/IB070315%20%20Forced%20Sales,%20Expropriations%20and%20Farm%20Attacks%20-%20Two%20Sides%20of%20the%20same%20Coin.htm] Genocide Watch of New Haven, Concecticut claims 2.2% of Boer farmers have been victims of violent homicide by 2002. Other reports show robbery is not the motive in these homicides. An article in ''WorldNetDaily'' cites the homicide rate among South African Boer farmers at 264 per 100,000, while Genocide Watch cites a figure of 311 per 100,000 as of 2002. | + | [http://www.tlu.co.za/International%20Bulletins/2007/IB070315%20%20Forced%20Sales,%20Expropriations%20and%20Farm%20Attacks%20-%20Two%20Sides%20of%20the%20same%20Coin.htm] Genocide Watch of New Haven, Connecticut claims 2.2% of Boer farmers have been victims of violent homicide by 2002. Other reports show robbery is not the motive in these homicides. An article in ''WorldNetDaily'' cites the homicide rate among South African Boer farmers at 264 per 100,000, while Genocide Watch cites a figure of 311 per 100,000 as of 2002. |
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| − | A Boer blog site points out that the Dutch Boer's of South Africa who were integrated into the South African state forcibly by British Afrikaners after the Boer War, were not promulgators of the policy of Apartheid implemented by the dominant Afrikaners. The author states the Dutch Boers first faced the loss of their ethnic identity by British Afrikaners during the Aparteid era, and that the policy of the current South African government is now to remove completely the ethnic communities identity. <ref>[http://www.stopboergenocide.com/29301/index.html Boer, Afrikaner, or White, Which Are You?] by Adriana Stuijt. Retrieved from Stop Boer Genocide.com 11 July 2007.</ref> | + | A Boer blog site points out that the Dutch Boer's of South Africa who were integrated into the South African state forcibly by British Afrikaners after the Boer War, were not promulgators of the policy of Apartheid implemented by the dominant Afrikaners. The author states the Dutch Boers first faced the loss of their ethnic identity by British Afrikaners during the Apartheid era, and that the policy of the current South African government is now to remove completely the ethnic communities identity. <ref>[http://www.stopboergenocide.com/29301/index.html Boer, Afrikaner, or White, Which Are You?] by Adriana Stuijt. Retrieved from Stop Boer Genocide.com 11 July 2007.</ref> |
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| | ===Genocide allegations=== | | ===Genocide allegations=== |
| | The African National Congress has been accused of promoting genocide against the Boer in South Africa. <ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28421 'Kill the Boer, kill the farmer'], By Anthony C. LoBaido, ''WorldNetDaily.com'', July 28, 2002. Retrieved July 12, 2007.</ref><ref>Genocide Watch:[http://www.genocidewatch.org/BoersSlain01.htm Over 1000 Boer Farmers In South Africa Have Been Murdered Since 1991]. Retrieved from Genocide Watch July 12, 2007.</ref><ref>http://www.stopboergenocide.com/index2.html</ref> 1860 Farmers were killed in South Africa since 1994. 400,000 Afrikaners are destitute and starving in South Africa, as well as millions of black Africans.<ref>[http://www.africafocus.org/docs04/big0411.php South Africa: Poverty Debate]</ref> | | The African National Congress has been accused of promoting genocide against the Boer in South Africa. <ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28421 'Kill the Boer, kill the farmer'], By Anthony C. LoBaido, ''WorldNetDaily.com'', July 28, 2002. Retrieved July 12, 2007.</ref><ref>Genocide Watch:[http://www.genocidewatch.org/BoersSlain01.htm Over 1000 Boer Farmers In South Africa Have Been Murdered Since 1991]. Retrieved from Genocide Watch July 12, 2007.</ref><ref>http://www.stopboergenocide.com/index2.html</ref> 1860 Farmers were killed in South Africa since 1994. 400,000 Afrikaners are destitute and starving in South Africa, as well as millions of black Africans.<ref>[http://www.africafocus.org/docs04/big0411.php South Africa: Poverty Debate]</ref> |
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| − | There is also a belief that there is a conspiricy to kill white people on a massive scale after the death of Nelson Mandela. One of the operations planned entails 70,000 armed black men "being transported to the Johannesburg city center within an hour" in taxicabs to attack whites. The plans are variously dubbed "Operation Vula," "Night of the Long Knives," "Operation White Clean-up," "Operation Iron Eagle" and "Red October campaign." [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37010] | + | There is also a belief that there is a conspiracy to kill white people on a massive scale after the death of Nelson Mandela. One of the operations planned entails 70,000 armed black men "being transported to the Johannesburg city center within an hour" in taxicabs to attack whites. The plans are variously dubbed "Operation Vula," "Night of the Long Knives," "Operation White Clean-up," "Operation Iron Eagle" and "Red October campaign." [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37010] |
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| − | The victims of this ongoing onslaught are usually elderly white citizens with the assailents generally being black Africans. | + | The victims of this ongoing onslaught are usually elderly white citizens with the assailants generally being black Africans. |
| | [http://www.ilanamercer.com/TheGenocideInDemocraticSA.htm] | | [http://www.ilanamercer.com/TheGenocideInDemocraticSA.htm] |
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