{"id":47582,"date":"2013-10-14T14:03:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T12:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=47582"},"modified":"2013-10-14T14:20:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T12:20:40","slug":"south-africas-abysmal-personal-safety-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/47582\/south-africas-abysmal-personal-safety-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s abysmal personal safety ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa retained its ranking in the\u00a02013 edition of the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, which\u00a0provides an\u00a0annual assessment of governance in every African country.<\/p>\n

South Africa ranks 5th\u00a0out of 52 countries with a score of\u00a0\u00a071.3 (out of 100), higher than the African average of 51.6.<\/p>\n

Established in 2007, the IIAG claims to be the most comprehensive collection of quantitative data on governance in Africa.<\/p>\n

South Africa’s highest ranking of third comes in the category of Participation & Human Rights,\u00a0which measures\u00a0the protection and promotion of human rights, civil and political participation,\u00a0and gender\u00a0issues. Its scores 73.1, well above the continental average of 48.4, and only below Cape Verde and\u00a0Mauritius.<\/p>\n

It also scores\u00a0well in Sustainable Economic Opportunity (5th), behind only\u00a0Mauritius,\u00a0Botswana,\u00a0Seychelles, and\u00a0Tunisia. Here SA scores 65.1 against a continental average of 47 points.<\/p>\n

The sub sectors measuring\u00a0Sustainable Economic Opportunity include:\u00a0Public\u00a0Management; Business Environment; Infrastructure; and Rural Sector.<\/p>\n

South Africa is one of eight countries to have remained consistently in the IIAG\u2019s top ten since 2000\u2014along with Botswana, Cape Verde, Ghana, Mauritius, Namibia, Seychelles and Tunisia.<\/p>\n

Top 10<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nCountry<\/strong><\/td>\nScore<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nMauritius<\/td>\n82.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nBotswana<\/td>\n77.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nCape Verde<\/td>\n76.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nSeychelles<\/td>\n75.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\n71.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nNamibia<\/td>\n69.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nGhana<\/td>\n66.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nTunisia<\/td>\n66.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nLesotho<\/td>\n61.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nSenegal<\/td>\n61.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

The country’s worst score comes in the form of Personal Safety where it ranks\u00a0\u00a041st, ahead only of the likes of\u00a0Burundi,\u00a0Libya,\u00a0Madagascar,\u00a0Zimbabwe,\u00a0CAR,\u00a0Congo DR, and\u00a0Somalia.<\/p>\n

South Africa shows a score of 30.6 points and is way below the average of 43.1, with countries like Mauritius (77.3), Botswana (74), and\u00a0Seychelles (63.6) leading the way.<\/p>\n

Personal Safety includes the following indicators:<\/p>\n