[Gayton McKenzie, South African sports minister] I have set up meetings with relevant people already, my term will be a failure if I don’t bring one of the biggest sporting tourist events to South Africa which is F1. Our first meeting is end of August in Monaco.

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  • shnizmuffinA
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    2 months ago

    Why would I stab someone when I could simply shotgun them in half?

    Or …

    Here’s a list of Intentional Homicide rates by country.

    South Africa is still insanely high (#4 under 3 countries that have at least one order of magnitude less population).

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      2 months ago

      I mentioned knife crime because my manager, an immigrant from South Africa, said knife crime in particular is rampant, and it’s something she was fearful of. But yes it’s not limited to knife crime only.