I never thought it could, I never thought it would, but now it happened to me:
Last Saturday I was invited to a rugby match here in Johannesburg. A friend of mine had tickets for a VIP lounge so we went. You can imagine how cool it is if you get everything for free... so we celebrated the match even though we didn't really follow it! ;-)
Well, after the match a few more people stayed behind to cheer for the Lions who won. Several hours later we left the stadium - it was about 21 o'clock - in a very happy and little bit drunk mood. That’s how it happened that one of the guys just walked through the gates of the stadium and forgot that his car was in the parking area... well his girl-friend was sober enough to stay inside so we decided she must take the car, drive around the block and meet as down at the street.
I mustn't forget to mention that we were all packed with bottles and cans with drinks.
So we walked down to the street we were supposed to meet the girl and her car. When we got there a few black guys passed us. They saw the alcohol and asked if they could have something. So we started chatting a bit and gave them a can or two. Then the car arrived...
That was the moment when we were suddenly surrounded by 5 more coloured guys of which 2 pointed guns at us. It all happened so fast that we couldn't figure out where they had come from...but here they were. One held a gun right at my head and simply pulled everything out of my pockets...My friend was stupid enough to slap the one guy's hand when he tried to take his wallet...fortunately he was one of those without a gun. They also stopped the car and forced the girl to give everything to them. Then they just ran away...
Well, it is still extremely scary to think about the situation but I think it helped that we were a bit ... let's say under the influence of alcohol so that I didn't take things too seriously. If I think about what could have happened. Afterwards my friend and I decided to go to the next bar, ask for help and a drink 'cause we literally had nothing else to loose.
The most shocking moment of the evening was at the police station. I have no idea if it had a racial background but none of the police men wanted to help us or even open a case!! It is unbelievable, we report a gun robbery and the guys tell us to come back tomorrow, they are about the have shift change soon.
Fortunately my friend had friends in the police and called them. They were from a totally different area of Joburg but they came... What a contrast: they were white while the other officers where all black, each of them equipped with two guns and walked in as cowboys from a forgotten time. That's how I imagine the officers were like during apartheid times.
Anyway, those 2 helped us, opened a case, filled in all the forms while officers from that station watched them and even took us for a ride to see if they could find anyone... needless to say that we didn't find anyone.
That's the story how I lost my cell phone and my wallet with my money and all my credit cards, my id, and so on...
KaiBar - 23. Aug, 20:54
