[Lucysgirl]

I admit I was shocked to hear he would be out of prison after only a few months but as explained by a S.African lawyer it's a customary procedure for those found guilty of what we would call "manslaughter" and doesn't mean they're free to roam the streets. They are confined to their homes.

I'm sat on the fence on what sort of person the man is or isn't. I don't live in South Africa but from historic TV items I think it's quite a frightening place to live if you're white.

I've looked at the statistics and whilst the United Kingdom has one murder per 100,00o of the population, S.A. has 31 per 100,000 which is one of the highest in the world.:-

" Genocide Watch stated that the consequence is that white farmers and their families have been subjected to “murder, rape, mutilation and torture.” Although the current murder rate of South Africans is 31 per 100,000, one of the highest in the world, they said that the murder rate for white farmers is four times higher than that of the rest of the population.

Much of the friction they believe is a result of the ANC, the current ruling party of South Africa, referring to the white population as “settlers.” Whites have lived in South Africa for over 350 years, and were farming South Africa before “Newton discovered gravity.”

Currently, South Africa is the rape capital of the world with approximately 132 rapes per 100,000. Police were ordered to stop reporting crimes by race. According to Genocide Watch, a culture of corruption, rape and murder are normal."