South Africa - The reality

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "South Africa - The reality". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own... Read Full Story

I have been here for three months now and I am still amazed at how different things are over here. I just had to post this. I was waiting in the car in what appeared to me to be a closed-down petrol garage for my never-stop-talking future mother-in-law. I then realized that something didn't seem right, I knew for a fact that this garage was open because it is part of the shop where Mathew works. I took a closer look at one of the pumps and burst out laughing when I read the notice on it... Read Full Story

It's almost impossible to describe this feeling inside me. Like standing outside a glass cage, looking in. I am becoming one of THEM. THEM: the people I used to ask in my thoughts...why aren't you doing anything? Can't you see the pain? Why aren't you helping? I realised this and I asked myself...but why? Maybe because I am safe? Maybe because I only found out about the Xenophobia on a blog? Maybe because I don't see the killing and torture on the news every day? That doesn't make it... Read Full Story

Sooooooooooooooo......... I needed to cheer myself up a bit and I thought a good SA joke would do it, I ended up on this site: GPSA LOL nice way of reminding myself why I left South Africa... Actual writings on Mpumalanga (Northern Transvaal - S.A.) hospital charts: 1. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night. 2. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year. 3. On the second day the knee was better, and on the... Read Full Story

The other day ended in a huge argument between me and Andy. I felt hurt, alone and I missed home. His brother's girlfriend started on me about how racist we are. Now, needless to say, that is a very sensitive issue for most white South Africans...except the liberal ones ofcourse. I tried to ignore the issue but started getting angry because people tend to be so prejudiced when they don't live in that once beautiful country. They seem to think that it's right that everything is being given to... Read Full Story