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Crime a big business in South Africa

PROTECTION The billion-dollar anti-theft industry has made a name for itself in the crime-ridden nation as wealthy South Africans seek security from criminals

DPA , Johannesburg

Despite the effort and expenditure, crime continues to plague South Africa. Electronic gadgets fail to operate or security guards fall asleep on the job.

Hove has a solution to the latter: a gadget that looks like an automatic shoe polisher common in hotels. The guard has to depress the pedal once every 30 minutes, or an ear-splitting siren rends the night air.

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