[This is very important. Back in 2001, in my book, Government by Deception, I described the mass black-on-white crime in South Africa as a “Clandestine War on White People”.

The murder of over 1,600 White farmers in South Africa in the last 10 years has caused the farmers to regard themselves as the victims of ethnic cleansing.

However, this study below, deals with Whites in an urban setting – in this case – Johannesburg. This study below is most interesting because it shows that deep down, many Whites feel that we as a group are under attack by blacks. No doubt the many studies, and personal incidents of crime which most of us have experienced have led many Whites, as a group, to realise that we are the targets of violent crimes in an attempt to drive us out of the country.

Note also the mention of walled communities as “castles”. I have mentioned this in the past. In Modern South Africa, we are returning to the mentality and methods of the lawless Middle Ages – where everyone has to protect themselves with walls – because there is no Government protecting us. In many parts of Johannesburg, they have blocked off access roads, and set up “walled” suburbs which are protected by booms and security guards.

“Villages” – which are surrounded by walls 8 or 10 feet high, often with electric fences on top, are a common sight. There are very few houses left in Johannesburg that don’t have a 6 foot fences or 6 foot walls around them (often with razor wire or electric fencing on top).

I have been convinced for a very long time that crime is politically motivated – even though officially they would laugh at you and call you crazy for saying so. But as can be seen from this study – I am not alone in thinking this. That Whites bear the brunt of extremely violent crimes is common knowledge. And most of the crime in this country is Black on White. I have posted news articles in the past where Black criminals have openly admitted to targetting Whites specifically.

I believe, like many others, that this “Crime Wave” which we experience in South Africa is really just another type of terrorism which aims to drive White people out of the country. If you ask any Whites who emigrated, why they did so – 9 out of 10 will respond with one word: Crime. About 1 million (out of 5 million) Whites have left South Africa in the last 20 years. A recent article by Dr Dan Roodt stated that there are 32,000 murders in South African annually.

Despite this massive crime wave, Whites are not leaving en masse for various practical reasons. Many simply can’t afford to, and many simply can’t find a country which will admit them. Others feel that we have a right to be here and we should not leave under any circumstances.

It is interesting to see how many Whites also say they long for a European style of life. This is an example of why Blacks and Whites in Africa won’t be able to co-exist forever. Eventually, Whites want peace, and Law and Order and CIVILISATION – and that is something you just cannot find in any Black-dominated society on Earth. Eventually Whites will want to do their own thing. It may take them 10 or 20 years to realise this… but one day… they will get sick and tired of being kicked around by blacks.

In the article below: CSIR = Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Jan]

WHITE South Africans living in gated communities think of crime as a kind of ethnic cleansing forcing them into semi-migration, a study on the subject showed yesterday.

The study was presented at an international symposium on gated corn-
of munities, held in Pretoria at the CSIR’s convention centre.

“Crime is a form of ethnic cleansing” was one of the statements from
newspaper excerpts discussed at the symposium yesterday.

The study, titled Fear and Loathing in Johannesburg: Constructing New Identities within Gated Communities, described
gated communities as having emerged in response to a sense of
embattlement.

They were a response to a series of failures in local state capacity,
the rule of law and a reduced sense of citizenship.

One of the study’s authors, Alex Wafer, a researcher at Wits, said
the idea of crime as a form of ethnic cleansing was articulated some
years ago by a resident of such a community in an open letter to the
Sandton Chronicle, and forwarded to Nato and the United Nations.

“Within the old and new white elite in Johannesburg has
emerged a dream of living in a westernised, European environment,” said Teresa Dirsuweit, the study’s other author.

Richard Ballard, of the Development Studies School at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, in another paper described white people’s strategy for finding a comfort zone in post-apartheid South Africa as “semi-migration”.

This was different from emigration in that people did not leave the
country, but rather gave up their citizenship by closing themselves
off in gated communities and living a life cocooned from the rest of
South African society.

The assimilation of different cultural groups into the culture of
white suburbs was another strategy described by Mr Ballard.

“People from different back-grounds normally have to adjust
and fit in to the way of life in white suburbs. That is not integration
because it does not work both ways,” Mr Ballard said.

“True integration is a merging of two sets of values,” he said.

But some strategies for finding a comfort zone were not based on
fear and anxiety about social mixing and social change, he said.

“The strategy of integration, where the white person adjusts
their identity to fit in with the rest of South African society, is also
used,” Mr Ballard said.

In such a case the person would not strive for the Westernised,
European ideal but rather identify with South African cosmopolitanism.

In attendance at the symposium were panellists of diverse professions from more than 20 countries who shared their experiences with
local delegates.

Gated communities were described by one panellist from Britain as sharing some of the same features as medieval castles.

“The modern gated community is a kind of feudal castle, and the
walls are meant to keep out the peasants,” said David Parsons, of
the Development and Society faculty at Sheffield Hallam University.

“The gated community single-class, almost single-tenure, estate
has resulted,” Mr Parsons said.

Reluctance by a developer to include “affordable housing” in Sheffield’s first gated community led to a hypothesis that the effect of a social mix would influence occupiers, Mr Parson’s study revealed.

The symposium was to conclude tomorrow with a workshop discussing how and why policy makers should be involved in forming a national policy on gated
communities. – Sapa.

Source: The Citizen
Date: Wednesday, 2 March 2005.

Here is another article, a shorter one, that leaves out some of the facts, also based on this symposium:-

Fear and loathing in gated communities

White South Africans living in gated communities think of crime as a type of ethnic cleansing forcing them into semi-migration, a study on the subject showed on Tuesday.

The study was presented at an international symposium on gated communities or townhouses, held in Pretoria at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s convention centre.

“Crime is a form of ethnic cleansing” was one of the statements from newspaper excerpts discussed at the symposium on Tuesday.

The study, titled Fear and Loathing in Johannesburg: Constructing New Identities within Gated Communities, describes gated communities as having emerged in response to a sense of embattlement.

They are a response to a series of failures in local state capacity, the rule of law and a reduced sense of citizenship.

One of the study’s authors, Alex Wafer, a researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand, said the idea of crime as a form of ethnic cleansing was articulated some years ago by a resident of such a community in an open letter to the Sandton Chronicle, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the United Nations.

“Within the old and new white elite in Johannesburg has emerged a dream of living in a westernised, European environment,” said Dr Teresa Dirsuweit, the study’s other author.

Richard Ballard of the Development Studies School at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in another paper described white people’s strategy for finding comfort zones in post-apartheid South Africa as “semi-gration”.

This is different from emigration in that people do not leave the country but rather give up their citizenship by closing themselves off in gated communities and living a lifestyle that is completely non-synchronous to that of the rest of South African society.

Assimilation of cultural groups
The assimilation of different cultural groups into the culture of white suburbs is another strategy described by Ballard.

“People from different backgrounds normally have to adjust and fit into the way of life in white suburbs. That is not integration because it does not work both ways,” Ballard said. “True integration is a merging of two sets of values.”

However, some strategies for finding a comfort zone are not based on fear and anxiety about social mixing and social change, he said.

“The strategy of integration, where the white person adjusts their identity to fit in with the rest of South African society, is also used,” Ballard said.

In such a case the person would not strive for the westernised, European ideal but rather identify with South African cosmopolitanism.

In attendance at the symposium were panellists of diverse professions from more than 20 countries, who shared their experiences with local delegates.

Gated communities were described by one panellist from Britain as sharing some of the same features as medieval castles.

“The modern gated community is a kind of feudal castle and the walls are meant to keep out the peasants,” said David Parsons of the development and society faculty at Sheffield Hallam University.

“The gated-community single-class, almost single-tenure, estate has resulted,” Parsons said.

Reluctance by a developer to include affordable housing in Sheffield’s first gated community led to a hypothesis that the effect of a social mix would influence occupiers, Parson’s study revealed.

The symposium was to conclude on Thursday with a workshop discussing how and why national policy-makers should be involved in forming a national policy on gated communities. — Sapa

Source: Daily Mail & Guardian
URL: http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articlei…/p>