About 15 years ago, I came across a young man from South Africa. He was a student at ORU in Tulsa. I had stopped at a store to fill my trucks fuel tank. It was raining like crazy, he had dropped his phone in a puddle. He asked if he could borrow mine.
After using my phone he told me he had come to ORU because a religious school was the only way to get permission to leave the country. His brother was in Australia at a Seminary School.
His father was an anesthesiologist, and he nor his mother were aloud to leave the country.
His family moved to a compound with other professionals. It was walled with 24 hour security.
His parents did not want him or his brother to return to South Africa.
His mother told him to find a American girl to marry so he could stay.
My kid had to do a book report on “Cry, The Beloved Country” - about how terrible it was living in SA under white rule.
When helping her research it I came across a long article of a similar name, written by the wife (widow?) of the author of the book. She still lived in SA, in a walled community which still did not prevent thefts and murders. Her article described how it was worse now than it had ever been under white rule.
My daughter referenced that article heavily in her book review. (Point, counter-point).
Found the article:
https://www.ourcivilisation.com/cry.htm