(and I mean that truly), you have to take what South Africans (especially white ones) say with a grain of salt.

Their perceptions of danger, crime, and the behavior of other ethnic groups gets problematic pretty quickly.

Not saying they're wrong. I mean I have friends (white and black) who have had pretty bad crime happen to them there.

Just that as I say, I personally take middle class and upper class perceptions of crime with a grain of salt.

Just like I do here in Brooklyn. And I have met plenty of people who don't think it's safe to walk around Brooklyn at night.