dont know if this has been posted already. this vid is of an incident this week near Rustenburg in the N-west province RSA. a popular hunting destination.
18 dead. union infighting( at a platinum mine) that led to two dead cops earlier the week. the cops where hacked to death with pangas. there were 3000 protesters armed with guns and spears and pangas


http://www.reuters.com/video/2012/0...ideoId=237100070&videoChannel=117764

Saw that on the news. The guide I hunted with in 2009 lives in Rustenberg. My dad and I hunted outside of Rustenburg so may have driven by that mine or maybe it was the refinery.

Thanks for posting Lt Dan. This really helps conveying the security situation in SA as perceived by many.

the truth shell set you free. the ANC whants SA to keep quiet.
Never. this happened not far from where I live.

Better lay in a supply of 577/450s and have your Martini-Henry-and a bayonet, with some guts behind it... ready. wogs, they never change..

how sad

If you want the truth and if you really want to be set free by it Lt Dan, then I can highly recommend reading the Bible. If ever you want your mind to be skewered and slow roasted over a fire of half-truths and speculation then go ahead and read and believe the media.

If we publish one-sided views like this video on a chat room where hunters are turning to for unbiased information, what would you think would be the result if they saw this and thought the whole of the country looks like that? Was your life in any way threatened by these actions? Did you add a post script saying it is an isolated incident approx 1,5 � 2 hours drive West of Pretoria and Johannesburg in an area where hunting will not be effected?

It is not a question of keeping quiet. If you feel you have a dire need to blabber to the world about the situation in SA there are several sites where you can have fun on.

Pieter
PS: I have never seen a retraction printed of anything said in the Bible.

Pieter, since I joined this forum in 2008 I have been asked many times about incidents that happened here, by members of this forum as well as member that I have met and become friend with since. I have been asked in the past by members to keep them up to date whenever RSA is in the world news. call it a local perspective without the BS!! if I can quote on of the members.this is no exception

the world is being told that the police fired without reason and this vid shows that the police were charged. furthermore the world is being told that SA is such a dangerous place due to the fact that the police are incapable or reluctant to act. this vid also shows that when needs be the police do their job.

Pieter in the first world this vid is not edited like on our local news. this vid and more has been shown all over the world, what potential hunters saw from my post is not news to them. at least here( on the forum) we locals can give them the truth of what the real situation is.

in the past I have been asked many things. from the what shots to get against local diseases to what my take was on the local banks and what my opinion is on why our local banks did so well during the credit credit crunch.

I think you may have red something malicious into my post, I can assure you it is not the case. The fact is S-Afric and Africa in general has always had hot spots, and always will have. The only way around this is to ensure that your outfitter/ph is reliable and will guide you around and away from hot spots.

Pieter this in mind, I think you reacted a bit harsh, I put this down to the fact that you dont know my past here on the forum. but not to worry I have reacted harshly in the past as well. so no hard feelings.

Mark, after I lost your call yesterday I thought to suggest that in future if the connection is lost try me on scype. most of the time the problem is not with the international connection, but quite simply my local mobile connection at my home comes and goes.