Sly goes Ape Shit over SA Crime

As some may know i live on my Nature estate in Alberton. This estate has 24 Hour Gaurds etc etc.

However sometimes i needs to travel outside the confines of my Safety zone.

Today was one of these days. As i needed to visit a customer in Sandton who still pays his account on time and offer some of my expert advice.

Needless to say the meeting went well as Sly was on hand. I then started my short journey back from Sandton to the South of JHB and the safety of the Estate. The problem however for those who dont know Gauteng. Between Sandton in the North and Alberton in the South is the City of Johannesburg about 29 Kilometers. As it happens JHB has spent about as much on Road infrastructure in the last 15 years as Jooste spends on his horses monthly upkeep. So to travel as rush hour make this 29 KM journey a 2 hour journey from hell.

Today in this traffic jam i passed numerous Metro police and normal Police all on the side of the road doing fuck knows what. Serving and protecting it was not.

However as you enter JHB Centre the Police seemed to disappear as if waived a away magically or just pure fear. Leaving us poor estate dwelling people to fend for ourselves.

As a good Estate dwelling citizen does i keep my windows closed and my doors locked at all times and place all valuables which in SA is anything not tied or bolted down out of site.

Travelling along a road called Joe Slovo ( Communist/Atheiest our government chose to honor for his work on building squatter Camps and religious freedom)which is a major throughfare in JHB i was approached by two Black men. Yes they were black i cant help it. I would love to say they were Chinese or Aboriginal or even worse a whitey from the estates. These two men through the use of what in my mind looked like two guns were strongly encouraging me to part with my cellphone and other contents. As i was unable to go anywhere due to the traffic jam i had no choice but to comply with their rather rude and unrealistic request for my cellphone. In my moment of terror at seeing these two guns so close up i forgot that the battery had died and that the phone with the rest of my valuables were in the boot of my Car. Seeing that i could not find my phone and the traffic had started to move the two men advised me to move on and some other choice words that us good catholic boys from the estates don't understand.

Understand that this an everyday occurance in SA and not just in JHB. I was fortunate that these thugs were not violent or i would have been serious trouble. I was fortunate that I was not a women or they would been more abusive.

My big problem with the whole affair is that where the police know there is crime there is no one but in th estates they sit all day taking photos of speeding cars.

These same two men will eventually get what they were after and yet we do nothing.
Me however will i sleep well knowing that i have Private Security Guards on the estate. 24 Armed response at Home. Panic Button next to my bed and on my car Keys. Security bars on all the windows in my house. Sensors in the garden Electric fencing around my Stand and around the entire estate. Both linked to armed response. And if they dont poison the dogs i have two dogs that will eat you if you even move you little finger in my direction.

Oh yes and by the way Joe Slovo drive runs past Ellis Park. So good Luck 2010 visitors. Get good Insurance policies ya gonna need them.

Sometimes SA is great and other days the place is just shit. Today was a shit day to be in SA.

Hey I was first to protest against Neil Diamond. Bloody try and make money by bringing is these not estaters

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Sylvester, sorry to hear about your shocking experience.

Personally i had quite the opposite experience yesterday.

As a result, this is the e-mail i sent to the editor of the Pretoria News.

Today, (yesterday) Thursday, 29th January, while travelling to Witbank in the pouring rain, my car hit accumulted water on the N4 highway between the toll gate and Bronkhorstspruit. My vehicle slid and careered off the road smashing into the embankment and then catapulted back onto the highway. I managed to reverse my smashed car off the road and thanked God for sparing me.
Immediately a white male stopped in front of me and a black lady (Tuelo) behind me, in the pouring rain, enquiring into my well-being. Their concern was overwhelming. Then a Trac vehicle stopped and the personnel (Martin and others) assisted me with the towing arrangements.
A police vehicle then pulled over and Sgt Malambo and his assistant kindly offered me help and took my statement. A reponse vehicle appeared on the scene and beacons were placed to warn traffic while sand was poured on the leaking fuel and slick areas. All done in good time and swift precision. Offers of lifts and help from all was most touching.
I didnt get all the names but wish to thank all and sundry for their kindness, concern and assistance.
I was humbled by the presence of these rainbow samaritans.
Our country is blessed by the quality of its people and we must not be dissuaded by the small minority of baddies.

Jess.

While i dont wish to be embroiled in the street name debate, i wouldnt mind if they got rid of the "Hendrik Verwoerd" roads throughout our country.

Glad to hear you are ok Jess. Thought you had forgotten about the place called Witbank.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SOUTH AFRICAN

You just never know what to expect.

Good to know both of you are alright!!!

PS. Why is it still called Witbank?

I'm glad both you guys are alright - coming from totally different ends of the spectrume.

Guys, there is good and bad from all walks of life - as you stories illustrate.

I read the other day how someone had die on a bench and TWO seperate people, had removed a mobile phone and a wallet!

All the best guys, I'm glad you're ok - cya end March - Jim.

Hi Cuckoo & Sylvester!

Glad you made it; two different incidents, both could have been nightmares!

Thanks, lads.

Russell, you still in Witbank, bud ?
Haven't forgotten about that place but when i breeze through its quick (dont need another 18 year stint of hard labour).

Yesterday was a bad day but as Cuckoo implies more positives than negatives.

Do you think that makes cuckoo fav for the Liverpool game?
I hope so, the bottom line is you are both o.k. and that's the main thing!