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Fighting crime one-by-one
Posted On 16 Aug 2008
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008
In contrast to US election norms, Barack Obama would appear to have won the recent Democratic presidential nomination with the dollars and cents of the ordinary American people. His was not a campaign spent appeasing big corporate backers. His was a campaign that ultimately celebrated the power of individual Americans.

I have noticed a similar trend in the fight against crime in South Africa. According to a recent report in The Mercury newspaper, community-driven crime-prevention organisations are mushrooming. They are working with police, government and the public to tackle crime. Civil society, tired, frustrated and fearful is beginning to acknowledge that wars are not just fought by generals.

According to Brian Jones, director of SA Community Action Network (SA CAN), there has been a significant increase in the number of crime-prevention organisations formed in recent years. "Communities have realised that they have to stand by the police. This is a positive response."

From a police background, Jones began SA CAN six years ago to assist the police in the upper highway area of KwaZulu-Natal. "Previously communities used to plead with the government to release the (annual) crime stats, but now they have realised that they do not need them. They are instead concerned about how they can assist the police," says Jones.







IDENTITY THEFT COSTING SA MILLIONS
Posted On 16 Aug 2008
Alexander Forbes Insurance estimated that identity theft-related fraud had cost South African businesses R276-million in the first three months of this year.

Steffers said the "identity theft fraud chain" usually started with the theft of personal documents: credit cards, driver's licences, passports or ID books.

Minimise risk

Many South Africans did not protect these documents well enough and provided their ID numbers "far too readily".




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