Dec 20, 2005 - Some South Africa Stats on Violence

Now that I'm out of South Africa, I thought I'd put up some stats on violence there. Now no one has to worry, as I'm no longer there! Although I really did not feel uncomfortable, nervous or scared while I was there, and nothing bad happened to me. ->375 children under the age of 12 and 324 minors between 12 and 17 yrs were killed by guns in 2000. An average of 2 per day. ->More people are shot and killed in SA than die in car accidents. ->SA has one of the highest rates of police officers killed in the world. ->SA's unemployment rate is...