[OSGeo-Discuss] South African safety situation

[bartvde at osgis.nl]

Looking at my African travel experience I doubt that this will really
affect us. The violence is mostly against people who are "stealing" jobs in
the eyes of some South-Africans, so tourists should be relatively safe. I
would be more worried if I would be planning a cruise on the coast of
Somalia.

Compare South-Africa to Zimbabwe, last year I was 1 month in Zimbabwe and
did not experience anything negative, besides all the power and water cuts.
This year, before going to FOSS4G2008, I'll visit Zimbabwe again for 3
weeks, even though the stories you hear about Zimbabwe are worse than SA.
As long as you are not politically involved, the situation should still be
safe in Zimbabwe I believe.

Best regards,
Bart

On Fri, 30 May 2008 09:26:50 +0200, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>
wrote:
> Hi all.
> I'm informed, both from the newspapers and from South African friends,
> that there are serious concerns about safety in South Africa. Of course
> this will not affect FOSS4G directly, but I'm sure many of us are
> planning to have some holidays before or after the conference, so not
> being able to tour around freely will detract much from the appeal of
> the conference. This could result in less participation, thus in turn in
> lower general interest.
> Any news or indications from local organizers? I think this is a problem
> that should be dealt with, for the best success of the meeting.
> All the best.
> pc
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