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Sasha v. Sasha.(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the Editor)
American Prospect, The, September, 2005 by Polakow-Suransky, Sasha
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SASHA ABRAMSKY IS RIGHT that South Africa has a serious crime problem. However, his article "One Nation, Under Siege" [April] is excessively alarmist. Having visited the country nearly every year for the last 15, I can say that Abramsky's account of' urban apocalypse simply does not ring true.
Strangely, Abramsky focuses primarily on Cape Town, which he refers to as "phenomenally dangerous." Yet Cape Town is the destination of choice for hordes of Johannesburgers, who move to this comparatively tranquil coastal haven to escape the very real crime plaguing ...
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