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In South Africa, crime pays

In a recent column, William Saunderson-Meyer writes "The Chapter Nine institutions ... have long lost any credibility they might have had". This is a common and true sentiment. About the July 2021 KZN riots that cost SA R70 billion, he's scathing of the SAHRC's and CRLC's reports that found no one and "Indians [sic]” respectively were to blame. In South Africa lack of accountability is ingrained. The NPA and SAPS have given up or are unable to investigate and prosecute crime, with SAPS making arrests in only 14% of aggravated robbery and 14% of murders.  With separate cases I reported, SAPS told me a fraud case I reported was a "nuisance". And Cape Town NPA said it would be "unfair to prosecute" (sic) the accused, after first, incorrectly, telling me no crime had been committed (they didn't even know the law here).  In another far more serious case, SAPS, NPA and another officer of the court voluntarily - just like that - and unofficia...