Attempted Robbery In Cape Town

[pastafreak]

Not successfully thank goodness. 

Daughter and her partner being driven back from day trip to a wildlife park. Already dark...suddenly a rock shatters the window on my daughter's side. Glass everywhere. The driver didn't stop...a good thing as it's assumed robbery at gunpoint would have occurred if he had.

Daughter shaken, but otherwise OK. They stopped at a petrol station...they were asked if they were OK. Another man said his wife had been robbed earlier on the same stretch of road.

I'd been doing the worried mum bit because her phone was off...apparently stuffed down her bra. A recommended measure apparently.

I need a drink now...

[jno]

I went to a fairly posh official dinner in Joburg once. They picked us up in the company van - and then asked us all to sit on the floor so nobody could see us as we were driven. I survived to tell the tale but yes, a bit scary.

On the other hand, I was driven through Soweto once. Winnie Mandela gave us a big wave as we drove past her house; she was just putting the rubbish out.