pythonic_hell

Are you saying that wealth extraction from Africa to its former colonial masters does not happen anymore?

I agree with your assessment. A common miss conception I’ve seen visiting foreigners have about Dutch bikes are because they used bad rental bikes while visiting. Most of the rental bikes are quite bad; lack of gears, awkward dimensions and incredibly heavy.

Web archive link:

https://web.archive.org/web/20210911162523/https://www.wired...

You are correct, violence and sexual violence are a big issue in South Africa. By no means was I trying to say that it isn’t but there’s a big difference between being a “rape capital” and having high rates of sexual violence.

The term “rape/murder capital of the world” is often perpetrated and encouraged by neo-nazi pundits to stoke “white fear” with miss representations of the facts. This is why it’s important to understand the nuances and context of these statistics inorder to avoid falling into the dogmatic conversations.

Apologies I didn’t mean to paint you as such. I went ahead and edited my original post to be less aggressive.

I just wanted to point out that this is a frequent talking point peddled by American neo-nazies that is frustratingly repeated on the internet with little honest interrogation.

You can also try finding more through the Collections site on the university website.

https://disa.ukzn.ac.za/Collection

You are somewhat correct. Official statistics on murders broken down by race and land ownership are difficult to find so it makes having a conversation on the topic difficult. The statistics that are available on white farm murders indicate that their murder rate is within the average for for rural/farm areas. Infact the murder rate of black men in rural areas is even higher then white farmers.

Here are additional sources if you or anyone else would like to know more on the topic;

https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/factsheets/factsheet-sta...

https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/are-sa-whites-re...

https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/spotchecks/claims-about-...

https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/blog/analysis-why-calcul...

This statment is factually incorrect and is a common alt-right talking point that is repeated on the internet with little factual basis in reality.

There are a few reasons for this;

* Different definitions of rape across countries and time

* Rape offences are counted differently

* An echo-chamber effect - lazy journalism

* Under-reporting rates are unknown and are often extrapolated by Statistics South Africa

You can find out more at this report created by AfricaCheck - a non-partisan media and statistics watchdo;

https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/why-its-wrong-ca...