Crime: how do you feel?

Tasneem Latha, Martin Laubscher, Santher Emene Mbacham, Mandisa Mpulo, Ola Emmanuel, Joe Wagner asked people on the street, how do you feel about crime in Grahamstown right now?

DEVON DOUGLAS

GRADE 9 STUDENT There is too much crime here. Most of the children who commit crime get away with it because they are young.

FEZIDINGA BENJAMIN MCUBA

SALESMAN I feel so scared. I don’t even want to go out at night. Grahamstown is a small town for the kinds of crimes we experience.

SIPHOSETU MATI

NANNY I am very scared. It’s not right at all.

CHRISTIAN WILLIAMS

BRICKLAYER They don’t create jobs for people. We are struggling and suffering and, that’s why people are committing crime everywhere.

PHILANI BEYI

UNEMPLOYED Crime is very high in Grahamstown so people live in fear. Government should bring in more visible policing to stop crime.