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real south african moment #1

today as we were aboard the bus on the way to campus, as we were stuck in traffic on the streets of capetown, we were all witnesses to a real south african experience. as any vistor to south africa soon finds out, it is not unusual to see people walking and crossing the streets and highways at even the most odd times of the day, but here in the morning, initially it didn't seem any different. as we sat in the bus, two guys were walking through some of the stopped cars, when suddenly they stopped infront of an old toyata tazz (like an one of those old honda civic hatchbacks). before we could even realize what was going on, the one guy distracted the driver on one side by knocking the window, while the guy on the otherside smashed the window, and grabbed the lady's purse, and the two strolled off leisurely into the township to the side. the whole episode took about 20 seconds. and true to the nature of south africa, none of the locals blinked an eye lash, or responded. from what we saw, the lady carried on stuck in traffic, driving to wherever she was trying to go. now my american classmates here have a south african story i'm sure they will not forget.

welcome to south africa.