Tsotsi. Of course you give him hell for playing with your precious flowers, you shout at him and he runs back to his home. Waiting for me, wagging his tail, while waiting for the boss, only stops when I tell him to behave, “moenie met my &%$@ing flowers speel nie”. When I’m done, he starts wagging again, “I’m a good dog”.
From the very first moment I brought Tsotsi home, Geraldine felt she had to compete with him. “You love ‘that’ dog more than me!” Things have changed, now she’s treating Tsotsi as one of her own kids.
I’m getting home sick, I left Geraldine and Tsotsi 2 and a half months ago. Paid my plane ticket yesterday, in 5 or 6 weeks I’m coming home again. Before I even can kiss my wife, I have to say hi to the dog, forcing his way between us.
Filed under: holland, life, south africa | Tags: startpagina, township, xenofobia
I always hated rss readers, I like to read the newspaper every morning, but now something was happening on the other side of the world which interested me very much. There was suddenly a need for a reader, I set a Google Alert as well and the news forces its way…
On the same time that the riots broke out in Alexandra, my sub page on townships in South Africa at Startpagina.nl went live. Coincidence? Brilliant, great timing and free advertising.
My vision on xenofobia? It’s plain stupid. South Africa has become a democracy, when you disagree you shouldn’t create havoc, but next time (next year?) when you need to vote again, vote a different party, but hey I’m Dutch… Already 7 days after the start of the riots the SAIRR (South African Institute of Race Relations) made a statement on the causal factors of the violence, they probably had it lying on the shelve somewhere, useful reading material.
At home in the Tsitsikamma it was pretty quiet, why? Everybody has a job (2 big projects in the region) and the amount of foreigners in the township dropped 25% two months ago, when I left (grin).
Anyways past events will hurt South Africa’s tourism in general and towship tourism in specific. Shortly after the army was deployed, we got another booking?!? For now business is quiet, I hope Geraldine enjoys her holiday. From next month on we have people again.
