I'm really sorry to hear of your experience Dawid, but I'm glad that
you and your fiancée emerged unscathed. Is it possible that the
guards were in on it?
In my youth I had a friend from Durban; in our many discussions about
Apartheid and its aftermath, we both agreed that things might not be
very pleasant afterwards. In the event, the transition was far more
peaceful that I imagined it would be, but your (and many others')
experience is most unpleasant.
Chris
On 13 Oct 2008, at 15:31, Dawid Loubser wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> This is very off-topic, but I just wanted to give you a bit of insight
> to our life here in Johannesburg, South Africa. On Saturday morning at
> 03:00, whilst my fiancee and I were asleep, we awoke to an ungodly
> loud
> crash as our glass sliding door in the room next to our bedroom was
> smashed.
>
>
snip
>
> The continuing violent crime against the white minority here is
> tantamount to genocide, it seems to be getting worse and worse. Some
> say
> this is society is now the product of the Apartheid-era undoings,
> but as
> a young white South Africa who had absolutely nothing to do with
> that, I
> am still subjected to this barbarism. You face an enemy who does not
> reason, does not feel, and has nothing to lose - an animal.
>
> To give you context, we live in a town-house complex with electrical
> fencing around, and guards who patrol every hour. Yet, they directly
> and
> easily came to us in this way. And we are just average people, and
> people on average die when this happens - and it happens daily.
>
> Anyway, I know there aren't any other South African members on this
> list, but wherever you are, I would not wish this experience upon my
> worst enemy. If you live in the sort of place where you don't need to
> create a prison for yourself, please go out and have a safe,
> incident-free evening walk for us over here...
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