CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA
MISSION TRIP
22 SEPTEMBER – 09 OCTOBER 2013
Cape Town Crime Overview
South Africa 2012 OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISOR COUNSIL (OSAC)
Crime and Safety Report
On a rating scale of low, medium, high, and critical, crime in
South Africa is considered “critical”
Violent, confrontational crime is a major concern in South Africa.
Crimes addressed in this report are as follows:
Home invasion robberies
Burglaries
Carjackings
Street muggings
Smash-and-grabs
Organized attacks on commercial and retail centers such as shopping malls and outlets
Attacks on cash-in-transit vehicles/personnel (i.e., armored car/personnel)
Sexual assaults
Sexual Assault
144 women report rape to police every day
The Cape Town Regional court averages 10 -15 new
cases per week
Crime statistics for the period April 2011 to March 2012
showed
64, 514 sexual crime cases reported to police
down from 66,196 the year before
Data from the Medical Research Council states the under
reporting is a huge problem and that actual rape numbers
are much higher
Human Trafficking
South Africa is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women,
and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking
Diamond & gold mining
Children are trafficked mainly within the country, from poor rural areas to urban
centers, such as Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and Bloemfontein
Traditions that allow for the forced marriage of girls as young as 12 to adult
men, is still practiced in some remote villages in Eastern and Western Cape
provinces, leaving these girls vulnerable to forced labor and prostitution
Syndicates dominate the commercial sex trade within the country, though
local criminal rings and street gangs organize child prostitution in a number
of South Africa's cities
In 2011, South African trafficking victims were discovered in Bangladesh
and Turkey
Social & Economical Situation
There is very little of a middle class
Unemployment is extremely high
Official reports says 25%
Unofficial reports say it ranges from 30 - 45%
Minimum wage ranges from R8 – R14
The “Have or have Not’s”
Equal to .80 – $1.40 per hour
Three classes of people
Afrikaans
Colored
Black
Community Involvement
LAPECS Ministry Group
Made up of aprox. 70 religious
and community leaders
LAPECS
Leadership Empowerment
HIV/AIDS Awareness
Poverty Alleviation
Elderly Care
Crime Prevention
School Programs
“You are the light of the world, a city set on
a hill can not be hidden” (Matthew 5:14)
Hope Prison Ministry
Jonathan and Jenny Clayton
Involved in prison ministry
for over 21 yrs
Uses the “Restorative Justice
Program” within the prison
system
Pollsmoor Prison
“For the Lord hears the
needy and does not despise
his own people who are
prisoners.” Psalm 69:33
Zanokhanyo
“Empowering lives, changing communities”
Tim and Leslie Black
Lived in country 10+ yrs
Zanokhanyo means
“Bringing Light”
Job and life readiness skills
Bible based curriculum
“You were wearied with the length of your way, but you did
not say, ‘It is hopeless’; you found new life for your strength,
and so you were not faint.” (Isaiah 57:10)
I & J Unakho Children Home Care
Julius and Irene Bonani
22 children
Ages 1 – 18
Almost half are HIV
positive
Unakho means “God Can”
“For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
but the Lord will take me in” Psalm 27:10
Mokone Public School
Approximately 800 students attend
Many don’t make it out of H.S.
Little to no supervision outside of class rooms
Many children try not to miss school in order to
have a meal that day
Local Township Environment
Cape Town Scenery
Closing Remarks
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments
are not burdensome (I John 5:3)
People may not believe everything we say, but they will always believe everything we do…
Since this world is not our home, the mission field is wherever we are…
Display the love of Christ in all we say and in all we do…
