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The last days in South Africa we spent in Johannesburg, where we arrived after driving more than 4’100km in three weeks. Many have warned us that it is not safe there, so we decided to join a guided tour for exploring the city rather than driving around on our own. Our tour guide showed us the stadium where the first and last game of the FIFA World Cup 2010 took place. Then we continued to the main part of the tour, a visit to Soweto (short for South-West Township) where a large amount of non-white folks where forcefully moved to during Apartheid. We visited Nelson Mandelas old house and the memorial place where demonstrating (non-white) students were shot by the police, which significantly intensified the dramatic events in those days. Soweto is, for those who watch The Daily Show<\/em>, also where Trevor Noah was born and raised. We got to see more of the contrasts between the rich and the poor in South Africa in one of the shanty towns. It is heartbreaking to see how poor many are, especially when their neighbours “next door” are living in luxury. We visited a day care which takes care of over 50 kids in a tiny shack of about 20sqm. Nevertheless, the kids seemed happy and even sang a song for us. At least their parents have a job to go to, and therefore they probably are not even the ones that are worst off…<\/p>\n

In the afternoon we continued with a visit to the Apartheid museum. During the two hours we had we almost managed to go through just half of the museum. With a lot of information, in parts a bit confusing to follow, the visit still gave us much better understanding of and a horrifying glimpse into this cruel part of South African history. In the evening we continued the theme by watching the movie A Long Walk to Freedom<\/em> about Nelson Mandela’s life and his unprecedented struggle for peace and equality – the movie is really worth seeing!<\/p>\n

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Die letzten Tage in S\u00fcdafrika verbrachten wir in Johannesburg, wo wir nach mehr als 4’100 km in drei Wochen ankamen. Viele haben uns gewarnt, dass es dort nicht sicher ist, also haben wir uns entschieden, an einer gef\u00fchrten Tour teilzunehmen, um die Stadt zu erkunden, anstatt alleine herumzufahren. Unser Reiseleiter zeigte uns das Stadion, in dem das erste und letzte Spiel der FIFA Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft 2010 stattfand. Dann ging es weiter zum Hauptteil der Tour, einem Besuch in Soweto (kurz f\u00fcr South-West Township), wo eine gro\u00dfe Anzahl von nicht-wei\u00dfen Menschen w\u00e4hrend der Apartheid mehr oder minder gewaltsam hinverfrachtet wurden. Wir besuchten das alte Haus von Nelson Mandelas und die Gedenkst\u00e4tte, an der demonstrierende (nicht-wei\u00dfe) Studenten von der Polizei erschossen wurden, was die dramatischen Ereignisse dieser Zeit erheblich versch\u00e4rfte. Soweto ist, f\u00fcr diejenigen, die The Daily Show<\/em> sehen, auch dort, wo Trevor Noah geboren und aufgewachsen ist. Wir bekamen mehr von den Gegens\u00e4tzen zwischen Arm und Reich in S\u00fcdafrika in einem der Slums zu sehen. Es ist herzzerrei\u00dfend zu sehen, wie arm viele sind, besonders wenn ihre Nachbarn “nebenan” im Luxus leben. Wir besuchten eine Kindertagesst\u00e4tte, die sich um \u00fcber 50 Kinder in einer winzigen H\u00fctte von ca. 20qm k\u00fcmmert. Dennoch schienen die Kinder gl\u00fccklich zu sein und sangen sogar ein Lied f\u00fcr uns. Zumindest haben ihre Eltern einen Job, zu dem sie gehen k\u00f6nnen, und deshalb sind sie wahrscheinlich nicht einmal die, die am schlimmsten dran sind…<\/p>\n

Am Nachmittag ging es weiter mit einem Besuch des Apartheid-Museums. W\u00e4hrend der zwei Stunden, die wir hatten, haben wir es fast geschafft, nur die H\u00e4lfte des Museums zu durchqueren. Mit vielen Informationen, die zum Teil etwas verwirrend zu folgen waren, gab uns der Besuch noch viel besseres Verst\u00e4ndnis und einen erschreckenden Einblick in diesen grausamen Teil der s\u00fcdafrikanischen Geschichte. Am Abend setzten wir das Thema mit dem Film A Long Walk to Freedom<\/em> \u00fcber Nelson Mandelas Leben und seinen beispiellosen Kampf f\u00fcr Frieden und Gleichheit fort – der Film ist wirklich sehenswert!<\/p>\n

\u00dcbersetzt mit www.DeepL.com\/Translator<\/p>\n

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