I think it was just a general shooting. He was visiting a friend's house. Taken to hospital but died later. ****ed up.
Just checked the BBC pages and it says this... "Reports said Meyiwa may have been trying to defend his girlfriend, Kelly Khumalo" ...right underneath a picture of his girlfriend carrying a baby.
I take it it happened in South Africa? If so, as sad as it is - I wouldn't go as far as saying it's ****ed up. The place is infamous for shootings. The only difference is it's a famous person rather than the 1000's we don't hear about. All that said - R.I.P
Yeh agree. I was going to say ****ed up country for the reasons you said, but didn't want to slate the whole place. I agree though, there's a real problem with this sort of stuff over there. Just a bit surreal considering the world cup was there only 4 years ago.
As a South African, I can tell you such occurrences are the norm. I was really stunned, I watched our AFCON qualifier on tv just a few weeks ago and he was featuring. Hard to comprehend when something like that happens although we shouldn't really be surprised.
From what I gather - The world cup has benefited the rich and ****ed over the poor. So in that sense the WC was a massive mistake. Similar to what is going to happen in Brazil. The favella's will get worse and the rich will become more disconected from all the trouble by simply ignoring it, making the favella's a no go zone for everyone - including the police. Ross Kemp did an interesting programme on Brazil just before the WC, especially looking at how the country was trying to put out a good impression, but the actual truth was the poor were getting massively ****ed over. Very similar to what happened in South Africa. Funnily enough, in my top 5 places to visit I would include South Africa and Brazil. Saying that I like danger, and have previously lived in Shanty towns in Jamaica, amongst other ****ed up countries (the worst/most dangerous being a shooting gallery in China, ****ing nuts that was and lucky to still be alive if I'm completely honest - but I had no choice as I had just got out of prison over there and had no money and had to wait in China for a bail hearing for deportation). I like to see for my own eyes what these places are like, and for some reason enjoy the risk. I must say when I moved into the shanty town, inbetween Spanish town and Kingston - I was the only white person living there and after the initial few scares, I was taken in as one of them and treated no differently. I think they ended up respecting me for having the bottle to do what most 'tourists' wouldn't. Plus the fact I got to know someone that was well respected in there due to my Mrs's family connection, although she was still in England at the time!
It's a long story! Involving contraband, a couple of passports and a weapon. But I think I better leave it at that! To be fair, I was lucky - I could easily still be there. Considering this was well over a decade ago, I'd say I was extremely lucky. Saying that eating cold noodles and living in a room with 10-15 people (mostly lifers) the size of a standard bedroom for 11 1/2 months wasn't particulary enjoyable. Not being able to speak the language was the worst part, and only one person I met spoke a very small amount of English. So all in all the shooting galleries were a breeze considering. I ended up with a 20 year ban on visiting China, and a 2 year ban that included entering any Asian country. Which also included flying over their airspace.
Never been on TV!! The punishment was fine by me. I have no intention of visiting China again and the 2 year ban is far passed. The crazy thing was I wasn't even intending on going to China in the first place - but a **** up from my end meant I had no choice but to go. A ****ing logistical nightmare to be honest.
Great documentaries, although you may not like it! I travel quite a bit, and I understand what you mean about liking danger. I don't go looking for it, but I like to find the more hidden away places and an element of risk. Often just go off on my own somewhere. But I don't think any of the countries (asian, middle-east, european) have been as dangerous as those you've mentioned. Bangkok and the rural northern areas in Thailand were a bit suspect, but not too bad.
I don't travel much so forgive my innocence here, but where would you be flying to if you had to fly over their air space but wasn't visiting a Asian country?
It was basically a punishment to keep me out of Asia, full stop. But for example if I wanted to visit Australia, New Zealand or a few Islands here and there - I would have had to have gone via America, rather than passing through Asia. A stupid punishment, but due to the long distance flights stopping off to refuel in places like Hong Kong they put the airspace ban in place.
How would that enforce such a thing? If you board and depart in non-Asian countries, does a ticket inspector get on mid-flight? As you said, seems a daft addition that wasn't really necessary.
You have to get off the plane you plank while it refuels So If I went to board a flight to Australia (for example) it would flash my passport up as not being able to visit.
