Botswana: the face of terror in Africa

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe | Monday September 15, 2014 12:17

That is in the past. Wake up to a new crooked Botswana that makes the rest of Africa look like Europe with their  comparatively cleaner face.

Lately Batswana have been showing the world a newly found adventurous side of break-ins and stealing, and they seem to be  excelling in this art faster than  your average African country.

The streets of Syria and Brazil at night are rated safer than the streets of Botswana  which rivals only DRC and Mzanzi in the whole of Africa in the terror index.

With their newly discovered talent of striking terror at night and intrusive crime, Batswana make Nigerians look like angels in heaven and South Africans, amateurs, when it comes to crime and terror.

Only Ugandans and Sierra Leonians were worse than Botswana in the Gallup   Africa Theft Index. 2013

If the Gallup report of 2013 on incidence of crime and terror is to be believed, it is easier for a Motswana to quickly settle in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Iran, and never bother about crime and terror because, he simply comes from a more fierce state of terror, than all these countries.

Botswana’s state of terror as perceived by residents is ranked alongside DRC and Syria, and is among the worst four  in the world according to a recent study by Gallup.

The study, “countries where Residents Feel Least Safe”, lumps Botswana among the worst  11 places in the world, and among the world’s worst  four.

In the worst  four countries with a score of 32%, Botswana is grouped alongside neighbour South Africa(30%), and DRC(27%) and  enezuela(19%).

The Gallup 2013 survey’s findings are  consistent with a related report by the same barometer which also found that Botswana ranks among the top three in the whole of Africa with worst incidents of theft in 2013 with Sierra Leone and Uganda

 

Highest incidents of theft in 2013

Within the last 12 months, have you had money or propery stolen from you or another household member? Yes

Siera Leone                                                            50%                                    

Uganda                                                                   44%

Botswana                                                                41%

Malawi                                                                   41%

Tanzania                                                                 35%

South Africa                                                           34%

Kenya                                                                     33%

Zambia                                                                   32%

Nigeria                                                                   31%

Ghana                                                                     30%

Iran                                                                         30%

 

Countries where residents feel least safe

Do you feel safe walking alone at night in the city or area where you live? Yes

Venezuela                                                                19%                

Congo (Kinshasa)                                                      27%

South Africa                                                             30% 

Botswana                                                                 32%

Syria                                                                       33%

Brazil                                                                      34%

Zambia                                                                    34%

Paraguay                                                                  35%

Gabon                                                                      36%

Bolivia                                                                     38%

Dominkan Republic                                                     38%