[jimmydorry]

Huh? In my time there, I did not have a single work colleague or person I interacted with that had not been impacted by crime (myself included). Every single one of them lived in gated communities and worked in a gated business complex.

It boggles the mind that someone can espouse the opposite when I even was on the receiving end within my first month there and taking all reasonable precautions.

[sgt]

I meant across the whole country. Upper middle class neighborhoods in many cities can be extremely safe. I'm close to Cape Town, living in a freestanding house (i.e. not a security estate). Never been exposed to crime personally, and I've traveled to every province except NW.