Machete Race Wars

Over a crackling, 9V radio, in deepest, darkest Limpopo:

Why do we hate the whites...?...They are cockroaches.

Mzanzi is African...We are the majority.

Whites are the minority.

Blacks must kill all the Whites...

Stay alert – watch your neighbours!

TBV Guest Writer Dhoya Snijders:Karoo Morning

This weekend I awoke in the Karoo, in the town of Cradock. Like each other South African town I have encountered, Cradock has a twin-city. These South African twin cities are not allied provincial towns in Hungary, Finland, Dakota or the likes, they are situated right beside their older brother and are commonly referred to as ‘the location’ or ‘township’.