I agree there is a crime problem in South Africa (as there is in many countries arround the world). Anybody reading some of these threads would be forgiven for believing that they are going to mugged by the stewardess as they leave the plane and raped by the pilot on the tarmac. My point is that if yuou take some sensible precautions you can have a fantastic time in South Africa without being scared for life. Many thousands if not millions of tourists visit South Africa every year I would be intrested to know how many of them are victims of crime. It would be intresting to compare it to statistics from a holiday destination like spain.