Pistorius case shows high crime rate in South Africa

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Giuliani -- for this story is murder case thrown South Africa's gun violence in high crime into the spotlight.

Great -- -- streaming live from Johannesburg South Africa so Greg what is the crime threat there and what is the response.

-- we have -- one neighborhood here in Johannesburg to give you an idea what kind of defenses are being put up against criminals.

-- -- -- cameraman -- -- behind me and you can see what's happening at just one house there's a steel gate across the driveway electrified fence over that.

Panic buttons inside the house and -- armed response ready.

Now as we traveled around the city we saw high walls everywhere topped by barbed wire close circuit cameras in for red -- Crime is bad here the for a live close to the rich.

The murder rate for example if six times that of the United States now we visited with -- one resident and ex pat typical well folks here her family was targeted.

Twice by intruders.

The house now a high tech fortress here today of what I asked her.

Just a way to live.

This is the way to live in South Africa unfortunately.

That's this is there Rihanna thing.

So we try to do everything we can to find -- Now I also asked her -- if this was overkill she said that are more than nothing.

Obviously with all of those big gates and everything fighting crime in that part of South Africa is a pretty big business I would imagine -- Absolutely -- and very big business we went out where -- swat team all of won a security company.

And up here and I felt like we were -- back in Afghanistan.

Armored cars heavy duty guns bulletproof vest.

Just could go into one residential area there are 9000.

Private security firms 450000.

-- more than the entire police force and army in this country combined.

Having said that some criticize these -- for stoking paranoia to whip up business they note that while high crime is down police and courts here are getting better still experts also tell us that the perception.

Of that crime threat is real.

And one criminologist told us that -- Oscar the story -- team will use that perception as they argue that their client was shooting an intruder.

-- apple -- you can certainly -- that comment it's a beautiful country but.

They -- have a high crime rate Greg thank you very much he's been.

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