Wednesday 25 April 2007

Fearful rich keep poor at bay with gated homes and razor wire "The flight into gated communities has also been a feature of post-apartheid South Africa, with the middle classes seeking refuge from crime in what critics dub the "architecture of fear". Internal disintegtion Gated communities and a booming security sector are signs that political authority is fragmenting. The state's ability to provide law and order over its territory as a whole is in decline.