ZA Top 20 Dangerous Travel Destinations # 2: Beware: SA is Violent: UK, US, AU et al warn citizens: “Exercise Highest Degree of Caution”

“In the last 15 years, over 45 000 Afrikaners have been murdered and over 90 000 Afrikaner women have been raped. How can you have a World Cup Soccer event in a country where one of its minority groups are being exterminated?” asks Bittereinder Boer, at his Boycott 2010 World Cup South Africa Facebook Cause

At the Boycott 2010 World Cup Page (www.boycott-2010-world-cup.co.nr/), you can find, among others the following statements:

“Backed by travel advice issued by the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), London's The Telegraph newspaper has placed South Africa alongside Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Colombia, Haiti, Eritrea, Pakistan, Burundi, Nigeria and the DRC in terms of danger to travellers.

According to the FCO, SA has “an underlying threat from terrorism”.

‘Avoid townships, practice safe sex and “exercise the highest degree of caution”, are some of the travel tips given to tourists visiting South Africa. The US, Australia and UK governments state websites, were updated recently to include security advice for citizens planning to travel to S. Africa for 2010 World Cup.’
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