The Independent (SA) reports, First summit delegate mugged:
Four days before the start of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, a Romanian became the first delegate to be mugged.This guy has got a great future as a liberal poster boy! And I like the way he is described as the "first" delegate to be mugged.
The man said he was attacked in Eloff Street and robbed of his watch and $70 (about R750). He had not laid a charge because he believed the muggers were the very people who needed to be helped by the summit, he said. (emphasis added)
And while we are on the subject, Ex-cons get a chance as parking attendants:
Crime-ridden Johannesburg is offering ex-convicts an honest job - as car park security guards.What a confidence builder!
Visitors to the city during next week's UN Earth Summit may well find their cars watched over by attendants from the National Institute of Crime prevention and Reintegration of Offenders.
"Most of the guys are ex-offenders," said Sibusiso Msomi, supervising the NICRO parking operation at the summit's Ubuntu Village. "They really love it," he said. "It gives them a step back into society."
The NICRO attendants are not paid for their work directly, but get tips from drivers for finding parking spaces and guarding their empty cars.
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But car guard Jerome Dahile said the scheme did not bring in enough money to live on. "It is good but not as good as having a real job," he said.
