By For anyone that knows about South Africa this shouldn’t be much of a surprise:
Two Korean TV professionals have been mugged in Johannesburg, South Africa, casting further doubt on the crime-ridden country’s suitability as host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
MBC on Sunday said a freelance director for a global affairs program was mugged by an unidentified assailant in the restroom of a shopping mall in Johannesburg. He was strangled and lost conscious, and the mugger got away with his money and passport. MBC added the man was not carrying a camera or other equipment.
An SBS TV cultural program director was also attacked in his car in a street in Johannesburg. He was waiting for the light to change when a robber attempted to break the window and rob him, but failed. Nobody was hurt. [Chosun Ilbo]
There is going to be a lot of petty crime like this going on during the World Cup, but I think it will be interesting to see if the international media reports on it or not?
12:05 pm on June 9th, 2010 1
It's BS if they make more of it than they did when some tourists were murdered during the Beijing Olympics.
1:20 pm on June 9th, 2010 2
What was the nationality of the tourist in Beijing?
6:14 pm on June 9th, 2010 3
It'll actually be more interesting to see whether the international media reports on the 50-90 murders (statistics vary) committed in S-Africa every day, especially on farms; the insane plans and threats to nationalize the gold mines and neighbouring Zimbabwe's appalling collapse.
If I had money, I wouldn't bet on any of the above being reported on. We'll all play "Mzansi, Mzansi" for a month and then go back to facing the devastation and destruction caused by corrupt and incompetent leadeship.
Most other countries only have corrupt governments. If you add incompetent to the mix, you get democracy, the African way.
7:11 pm on June 9th, 2010 4
I wonder if those Korean journalists will commit libel against the muggers then return to Korea and get prosecuted for breaking the Korean law. Those Korean journalists should've known better, it's their fault.
11:09 pm on June 9th, 2010 5
What a surprise! In AFRICA!!!
"Baas- I am nottee thee wun!"
We can just do like the enlightened progressives running (down) the place and blame it all on the legacy of apartheid. And keep blaming it on the evil Europeans.
9:43 am on June 10th, 2010 6
To the contrary, things actually got much worse when the evil Europeans left.
2:37 pm on June 14th, 2010 7
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