South African Bishop Desmond Tutu Condemns Government Over Visa Denial For The Dalai Lama But Not For The Nation's Murder Rate

• Desmond Tutu attacks South African government over Dalai Lama ban
• International Business Times: South Africa: Murder Rate High, But Dropping

Desmond Tutu's justification to compare why the present government of South Africa is worse than the Apartheid era government:

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, visibly shaking with anger, compared the South African government unfavourably with the apartheid regime and threatened to pray for the downfall of the African National Congress (ANC) yesterday after the Dalai Lama said he was forced to pull out of Tutu's 80th birthday celebrations because he had not been granted an entry visa.
"Our government is worse than the apartheid government because at least you would expect it with the apartheid government," Tutu told a press conference in Cape Town. "Our government we expect to be sensitive to the sentiments of our constitution."
In a tirade that stunned South African journalists, he went on: "Let the ANC know they have a large majority. Well, Mubarak had a large majority, Gaddafi had a large majority. I am warning you: watch out. Watch out.
"Our government – representing me! – says it will not support Tibetans being viciously oppressed by China. You, president Zuma and your government, do not represent me. I am warning you, as I warned the [pro-apartheid] nationalists, one day we will pray for the defeat of the ANC government."

The lingering plague upon South Africa that didn't quite trigger the same passion - despite the fact that the South African government has banned the state death penalty.

South Africa has become synonymous with violent crime -- indeed, the country’s murder rate ranks it among the world’s most dangerous places, along with such nations as Iraq and Colombia.

However, while the frequency of killings remains very high on an absolute basis, the homicide rate in South Africa has actually been steadily falling since 1994 (when Nelson Mandela was elected President, marking the end of the Apartheid era).
According to South African police minister Nathi Mthethwa, the number of murders fell by 6.5 percent over the 12-month period through the end of March 2011 to 15,940, the lowest figure in seventeen years.
For example, about 27,000 murders were recorded in 1995-1996 -- or about three killings every hour.

• South Africa Murders - 12 Mons Ending March 2011 (50 M Population)  15,940 Murders
• United States Murders - 2010 (308 Million Population) 14,748 Murders