From Howick/Ladysmith
30.8.82
Dear Mum,
About
a month ago I ran a marathon in Joberg. I didn’t know but they took photos of
all the finishers and last week I received a couple. Yesterday I ran another marathon but it was
at sea level near Durban and my time was much quicker.
At the moment the price of gold has shot up
and there is definitely no talk of depression or unemployment. Here everything
depends on the price of gold and the news on TV always includes the latest gold
price.
You
shouldn’t complain about the public service. Here it’s a hundred times
worse. Full of Dutchmen who like a gift
of biltong before they do anything. Sometimes I have trouble telling the
Afrikaaners from the blacks. Just as it’s harder to separate the PLO from the
Israelis. The coverage on TV has been so pro-Israel it’s ridiculous. It just
turns people off and no sane person would watch TV over here. There is one
government channel and its news and public affairs programs are rubbish.
This contrasts with the newspapers. There is
a greater range than in Australia catering for everybody from the blacks,
English and different Afrikaan’s papers for all the different type of Dutchman.
Regards
Alan
PS The winner
of the Joberg marathon was V Rakebele and he will run for Lesotho in the
Commonwealth games in Brisbane.
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