Chapter 53, Injure Others with Their Own Tactics

No matter the display of political showmanship, it still couldn't change the fact that the situation was deteriorating. All the contradictions that had been hidden in the past were now surfacing one after another.

The security in Cape Town deteriorated rapidly with murders, robberies, rapes... a continuous emergence of severe criminal incidents, leaving the public in a state of panic.

The Cape Town Colonial Government was extremely helpless in this regard, with policemen steeped in bureaucracy doing nothing. It's not that they were entirely inactive, rather, they focused their forces on protecting the interests of the privileged.

The worsening public order was a minor issue, as violent conflicts became more frequent. The colony's people were not pushovers. Even if the men were conscripted into the army, the women were just as capable of taking up arms and killing.