Can you believe it?

Place with lowest crime rates.

Crime levels in the Northern Cape are among the lowest in the world - even lower than Spain - making South Africa's biggest province one of the safest places to live.

Harry Dugmore, from the South African Presidency's Policy Co-ordination and Advisory Services, told, that the Northern Cape could compare with the safest countries in the world."Spain has the lowest crime level in the European Union," he said, "and the Northern Cape's crime levels are even lower."

His statement was met with cheers and clapping from Northern Cape local government leaders in the audience.

Dugmore went on to say that 75 percent of South Africa's crime was concentrated in two provinces, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, affecting 40 percent of the population."The biggest growth in crime in our country is against business," he said, "this is holding back our economy and pushing up unemployment."Added to this was the growth of corruption, which was now the second most common crime in the country after housebreaking.