I am not South African. I was a Scandinavian tourist in Southern and East Africa in April-June last year. I went by train all the way from Cape Town to Dar-es-Salaam and Mwanza, and also to Maputo. On some trains, like Komatipoort-Maputo, Livingstone-Kapiri Mposhi and Dar es Salaam-Mwanza I was the only "muzunga" (white man) on board, as I was on the dhow from Zanzibar to Mombasa. I even visited and walked around in Nairobbery. But the three times I changed trains in Johannesburg, I never ever left the railway station. A colleague of mine who was there half a year later did so, and was immediately robbed.
where Africa comes to you..
