CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICAMISSION TRIP

22 SEPTEMBER – 09 OCTOBER 2013

Cape Town Crime OverviewSouth Africa 2012 OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISOR COUNSIL (OSAC)

Crime and Safety Report

On a rating scale of low, medium, high, and critical, crime in South Africa is considered “critical”

Violent, confrontational crime is a major concern in South Africa. Crimes addressed in this report are as follows: Home invasion robberies Burglaries Carjackings Street muggings Smash-and-grabs Organized attacks on commercial and retail centers such as shopping malls

and outlets Attacks on cash-in-transit vehicles/personnel (i.e., armored car/personnel) Sexual assaults

Sexual Assault

144 women report rape to police every day The Cape Town Regional court averages 10 -15 new

cases per week Crime statistics for the period April 2011 to March 2012

showed 64, 514 sexual crime cases reported to police down from 66,196 the year before

Data from the Medical Research Council states the under reporting is a huge problem and that actual rape numbers are much higher

Human Trafficking South Africa is a source, transit, and destination country for men,

women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking Diamond & gold mining

Children are trafficked mainly within the country, from poor rural areas to urban centers, such as Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and Bloemfontein

Traditions that allow for the forced marriage of girls as young as 12 to adult men, is still practiced in some remote villages in Eastern and Western Cape provinces, leaving these girls vulnerable to forced labor and prostitution

Syndicates dominate the commercial sex trade within the country, though local criminal rings and street gangs organize child prostitution in a number of South Africa's cities

In 2011, South African trafficking victims were discovered in Bangladesh and Turkey

Social & Economical Situation

There is very little of a middle class The “Have or have Not’s”

Unemployment is extremely high Official reports says 25% Unofficial reports say it ranges from 30 - 45%

Minimum wage ranges from R8 – R14 Equal to .80 – $1.40 per hour

Three classes of people Afrikaans Colored Black

Community Involvement LAPECS Ministry Group Made up of aprox. 70

religious and community leaders

LAPECS Leadership Empowerment HIV/AIDS Awareness Poverty Alleviation Elderly Care Crime Prevention School Programs

“You are the light of the world, a city set on a hill can not be hidden” (Matthew 5:14)

Hope Prison Ministry

Jonathan and Jenny Clayton

Involved in prison ministry for over 21 yrs

Uses the “Restorative Justice Program” within the prison system

“For the Lord hears the needy and does not

despise his own people who are prisoners.”

Psalm 69:33

Pollsmoor Prison

Zanokhanyo “Empowering lives, changing communities”

Tim and Leslie Black Lived in country 10+ yrs Zanokhanyo means

“Bringing Light” Job and life readiness

skills Bible based curriculum

“You were wearied with the length of your way, but you did not say, ‘It is hopeless’; you found new life for your strength,and so you were not faint.” (Isaiah 57:10)

I & J Unakho Children Home Care

Julius and Irene Bonani 22 children Ages 1 – 18 Almost half are HIV

positive Unakho means “God

Can”

“For my father and my mother have forsaken me,but the Lord will take me in” Psalm 27:10

Mokone Public School

Approximately 800 students attend Many don’t make it out of H.S. Little to no supervision outside of class

rooms Many children try not to miss school in

order to have a meal that day

Local Township Environment

Cape Town Scenery

Closing Remarks

Display the love of Christ in all we say and in all we do…

People may not believe everything we say, but they will always believe everything we do…

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments

are not burdensome (I John 5:3)

Since this world is not our home, the mission field is wherever we are…