Every day millions of South Africans walk in the street and don’t die.
The touristy areas are safer than elsewhere. There isn’t just random non stop killing in the streets.
Safe doesn’t just mean “not killed”. There are many kinds of victimization.
Obviously these things operate on a scale and I’m not saying that there is zero risk. I was addressing your hyperbolic binary view of things. Saying that going for a walk in South Africa is risking your life is complete nonsense.
Source: I’ve lived in Johannesburg (most “dangerous” city in SA) for 30 years and have been an avid walker for most of these. In fact I “risked my life” for an hour just this afternoon, it was lovely.
Sounds dangerous.