Within a week of the near-fatal attack on Ms Debbie Boshoff (60) and her sister Ms Sanette James (58) on their farm Devills Gully outside Louis Trichardt in Limpopo, they received an SMS from the police stating: "All leads followed up – case closed." This has begged the question once more: How serious are the police really when it comes to truly addressing the issue of violent crime in South Africa?
Boshoff was shot in the chest and leg when she and her sister were attacked on...