Last night was Stacey's last night in our house and as housemates thought it was only fitting to all go for a drink at one of our local pub, Ashby's. Needless to say, as it was a Wednesday night, everybody was watching football. Liverpool vs Wolverhampton Wanderers to be exact. Score 0-1! Great result.
Stacey, Malcolm and I am from South Africa, Laura is British and Vanessa and Rochelle from New Zealand. Needlass to say(as in many conversations) we were asked what it is like in our home countries. Especially coming from a country where the pizza gets delivered to your house quicker than the policevan arriving.
What do you say? Yeah, it is sunny, cheap(compared to what you pay for certain items in Europe), beautiful surroundings, large beaches, stunning girls. I mean if you see a good looking girl in London, be sure that she is most definately not English. In South Africa you have Nelson Mandela, the Kruger National Park, Table Mountain, the Big Five, top quality wine etc etc. The recent 2010 Fifa Football World Cup was successfully held and people all over the world praised the country for being able to host such a remarkable tournamant.
But! Why do South Africans come to the UK? Why would you come to a country where it is cold, gets dark at 16:00 in the afternoon and where there are more Asians than on the continent? Simply? Freedom. Freedom to travel. Freedom to feel safe. Freedom to live. Freedom not to look over your shoulder.
There is still many many issues I can raise about this. But I must admit that it took me by surprise that someone mentioned last night that they see South Africa going the same route as Zimbabwe in the future. Is things really that bad? Corruption..murder..highjackings..rape..robberies..racism..
Time will tell.
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