Somewhere a bullet carries your name

AGAIN the rainbow nation walks with its head low in the dark shadow of shame.

Reading the first two pages of POST (March 23-27) has made me hang my head in shame. I mourn the loss of humanity. What else can I call it? Crime is a bloody reminder of how intolerant we have become.

The stories included a pundit’s throat being slit; and a husband thanking his neighbour for saving his wife’s life during a hijacking, but in the process the good Samaritan was killed.

Consider this: somewhere in this country there is a bullet with your name on it. Somewhere in this country there is a knife with your name on it. Crime is becoming untenable.

A South Korean police blunder, where proper action could have saved a 28-year-old rape victim from being killed, led to the country’s chief of police taking responsibility and resigning.

This is so different from our country where ministers are glad to accept high ranking positions, but not the responsibility that goes with it. Police Minister Bheki Cele must be prepared to resign for his gross failure in fighting crime.

This is a lesson for South Africa. There has to be a change in laws. All serious criminals should be behind bars.

If we stand back and do nothing about crime, with tears in my eyes, I say we are doomed.

DHAYALAN MOODLEY

Mobeni Heights