I was assigned to S. Africa in June of 1991. I couldn't obtain a long term visa and I had to leave this beautiful country again.
The black and white problem was very intense that time. I remember most houses in Johannesburg were protected by electric wires. That time you could buy a whole house with garden for just 30.000 US$. Before that, the value of the same house were tripple or more
Most whites left the city for the countryside.

I got robbed at knife point by three blacks one day in Johannesburg. A police officer saw this and aimed with a shotgun at the robbers and I'm in between.
Fortunately, the officer hesitated to shoot, because he might have shot me too
by accident. I was really shocked for a few days.
Most of our foreign missionaries in Africa had this sort of experiences too.

Africa Aerial view of Johannesburg from Carlton Centre




Africa Lone wildebeest on dry savannah, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park
Photographer Andrew MacColl




Africa Mural celebrating black culture, education and Mandela Government