I’ve always thought that I’m probably one of the most liberal Afrikaner boerseuns coming out of Pretoria, this past Saturday evening proved just that. About twenty of us whities decided to go out and see how the who’s who in Soweto do the social thing.
In a convoy of 6 vehicles (all expensive german brands of coarse) we departed Parkhurst and took to the streets of Soweto. With a few butterflies in the stomach we entered the unknown territory from the Florida side and took a scenic route through Dobsonville and a few other suburbs I cannot pronounce. I was pleasantly surprised to experience the warm welcome of the community whom was quite surprised to see the unfamiliar sight of a convoy of white yuppies driving through the streets of Soweto at night. After narrowly escaping a few accidents (as traffic rules are something foreign to this town), we eventually arrived at our venue The Backroom in Pimville.
At first it was very deserted but soon the party started to become alive. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many Range Rover Sport’s in one location. Clearly the only thing that made us stand out was the colour of our skin our vehicles were rather ordinary in the parking lot.
We partied until the early hours of Sunday morning. Getting out was a bit more of a challenge than what we anticipated as we got stuck in a traffic jam of note when we tried to avoid a rather drunken crowd of a beach party in the area. In a matter of seconds we were completely stuck in a narrow street with a couple of thousand locals. Even this was no problem for our designated driver, a blonde white lady who got out of the luxury 4x4 she was driving in the middle of Soweto and directed traffic in the opposite direction in order for us to turn around and find an alternative route.
We got home at about 3am in one piece after a very exciting and successful evening.
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