MONDAY, November 23, my brother-in-law is shot in cold blood, witnessed by my sister, his wife (“Resort rocked by fatal shooting”, The Herald, November 24). He was 31 years old, in the prime of his life, a young man who served the Kenton-on-Sea community unselfishly.

The life of my pregnant sister and their two young children has been brutally turned upside down, and Juan just becoming another statistic, adding to the daily increasing crime statistics of our heavily crime laden country. The peaceful atmosphere of Kenton is forever lost and one cannot help to wonder who will be next on the list of this gang with no respect for life?

During this same week, an outspoken Bheki Cele says he sleeps like a baby when it comes to the worries over the crime during the time of the soccer World Cup 2010. How can he not sleep like a baby when he is surrounded by security personnel 24/7?

Security personnel paid by you and me, the taxpayer, at a cost of hundred of thousands of rands every month. The reality of the situation is the leaders of this country lack the urge to stop the crime.

Misleading statistics and clever statements are used to get the public to falsely believe crime is decreasing in this country, but shocking facts in the media are proving the opposite. These shocking facts actually show how critical the crime situation in this country really is.

Crime has become an acceptable “career”, one that makes money the quickest and fastest, and needs no degree. Talking about the problem will not solve it.

Action speaks louder than words and it seems the only method is taking part in a mass action against paying taxes. If the business chambers of each town and city come together to devise a plan of action, it will ensure together we can make a difference. The desire to make a difference for the better is the main requirement.

Certain ethnic groups toyi-toyi to get their way. All are frightened of mass indoctrination and succumb to brutal mass actions.

When Cosatu manages to get 3000 people together for mass action at Sun City over racism, the country takes note. Apparently it is racist when a white person accuses a black person of stealing, but it is acceptable for a black person to murder a white person.

Why is this? Because Julius Malema and his subordinates are sticking their heads in the sand.

The Deputy President of this country, Kgalema Motlanthe, even tries to justify the senseless murders of farmers (“FF Plus cautions Motlanthe on ‘justifying’ farm attacks”, The Herald, November 30). Such an attempt of justification from the second in charge of this country makes me shiver.

It makes me believe racism is here to stay. Racism is not really the correct word, as only a race with a deep embedded hatred for another race may justify such statements.

I call on all business leaders, businessmen and all persons from all race groups who would like to preserve the future of our beautiful country to stand up and stand together and hit the government where it hurts the most: taxes. – Francois Wehmeyer, Kenton-on-Sea Spar

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LAST week’s shooting in Kenton was probably just one of many such crimes committed on the day but it really drives home the situation we find ourselves in. If you are not safe in Kenton, then where on earth can you be safe in this country of ours?

My heartfelt condolences go to the Jansen family in this desperate time.

The government’s clear lack of ability to get off their lazy butts and actually do something to make living in South Africa safe is not surprising. What is surprising is the fact that the majority of our population appear too ignorant to see through the bull that churns out of the mouths of these morons on a daily basis.

Our leaders drive expensive cars, have VIP protection, live in expensive houses, or hotels as the case may be, and throw extravagant parties, and yet the majority of people have nothing and are forced to commit these disgusting, heinous crimes. South Africa fights to host prestigious events and spends money on building soccer stadiums and the like, whilst our hospitals, police force and schools are left to fall apart.

I wonder how many South African lives have been lost over the last few years, lives that could have been saved by having clean, stocked and staffed hospitals, a functioning police force and an education system that enables its citizens to become more than another generation of maids and gardeners.

The majority of the people that vote for the ANC are the same people that have no houses, walk or catch taxis to where they need to go and risk their lives by being forced to seek care in our state run hospitals, and yet come election time they still blindly make their mark next to the ANC. Looking to our northern border, I am filled with a profound sadness because it is clear that as long as this Stockholm syndrome mentality towards the ANC is allowed to continue we will be burying many more loved ones. – Daniel Kelly, London, UK