" I wouldn´t be here today"

The arrival lounge was lively when we arrived at Cape Town International. Dancers greeted us and World Cup posters everywhere. I went to a vendor for the local cell phone company and was able to get a South African cell phone number for my time here. They simply put a South African SIM card into my international phone. It cost less than $20 and then it is pay as you go. Very easy and cheap! While conducting this transation, I started talking to the woman working working there. She said the number of visitors for the World Cup had been modest and she thought that the event was not having a very positive impact on the local economy. She said that we were unlucky not not have arrived the day before because it had been "Youth Day". When my son asked what that was, she explained that it was to commemorate the 1976 Soweto uprisings. She then looked at Benni straight into the eye and said, "if those brave people had not protested and risen up, we would still have Apartheid. I would not be able to get this job. I wouldn´t be here today."

Quite powerful.