So much for South Africa's bad name

So the Brazilians have also been robbed.
It is beginning to get clearer that South Africa has succeeded in earning itself a bad name when it comes to crime. Even the confusion that was created by the to-ing and fro-ing over whether there is reason to worry about crime come 2010 or there really is a crime crisis aggravated instead of helped the situation. It so much so bad that it is easy for anyone to claim they have been robbed in South Africa and everyone, including the media, believes them without thinking twice.
The Egyptians were the first to report a robbery. Later, the suspicion compass is pointing to the loins of the very victims of this "robbery". The truth is not yet absolutely out, but how do you feel that the country's reputaion has degenerated to such lows?
We have yet to get the finer details of the Brazilian team's robbery.