Trevor McDonald Visits South Africa

Just caught the end of it, with the white farmer talking about how he had remortgaged his farm to allow his black laborers to become  owners of the land and all have a stake. His view that land ownership was one of the key remaining issues left over from the apartheid era. Seemed to make good sense to me from an armchair and no local knowledge perspective.

South Africa is one of those places I really want to visit, but all you hear are the security horror stories, particularly for white tourists. I've got friends who just came back from holiday with their kids and they had an amazing time, which has made me rethink.

What was your perspective? 

It is a lovely country to visit ,but you have to keep your wits about you all the time , drive with locked doors and always make sure you have an escape route especially at traffic light and at night.. Another thing while driving at night is to change lanes under bridges if you see people on them as brick throwing is common at night... The 1 thing that absolutely took even me by surprise was the fact I may have lived there all my life but even now I am seen as a tourist lol ..White legs ... I could go on and on but wont bore you any more

I didn't see it but I've recently made good friends with a South African so I'm going to ask him about the brick throwing Andy, that sounds terrifying . 

Oh trust me that's just the beginning , Any SA'er could write a book on the do's and don't of SA.. But I wont carry on about it here unless you want me to...But don't get me wrong ,it's a lovely place and I wish every day I could go back.

If you want to see a different side to SA ,just u tube "Violent crime in SA" it is scary ....

My friend said you're exaggerating and noone changes lanes under bridges as it's so rare although he did agree that it's wise to lock car doors when driving. Not sure which area he is from though, my memory is shocking.

They had to encase the whole bridge above to stop it

well it is wise to, as it mostly happens at night when it's quieter,it's mostly Durban Joburgh. Just did a quick search

https://www.enca.com/south-africa/tips-to-avoid-off-bridge-rock-throwing-scourge

https://southcoastsun.co.za/116733/tips-avoid-survive-rock-throwing-incidents/

Still don't get me wrong  it is a great place to go to ,but you just need to keep your wits about you and have a awareness  space around you