There’s a reason (at least some) housing or apartment complexes in South Africa have guards walking around with AK-47’s.
Oh man. its not just armed guards. every half decent neighborhood had high barbed wire fences.
the projects and ghettos had no fences.
On the main highways through the country that ran past tough neighborhoods you could see groups of men looking speculatively at the traffic. any weakness would be exploited. heaven help the truck bus or car that broke down on the highway. It would quickly be stripped.
the newspapers were full of echos of the obama administration. It may well be an act of god that mugabe was kicked out in rhodesia. the new rulers there are inviting back white farmers. this may force the radicals in south africa to change their tune as to the future of the afrikkaners whom they pledged to kick out and expropriate their lands. as it is — the murder rate of south african farmers remains high.