Apartheid Museum

Posted by Kristina

Off we were. Our drive from Ballito to Johannesburg for the US vs. Slovenia game. We left around 8:30 and arrived around 2:30 at our hosts home. She was a wonderful woman, with two amazing German Shepards, some of the biggest I’ve seen. Only one complaint, her house was the coldest home Patrick and I have ever been in. It was about 55 degrees F in the sun, I think it was 50 degrees F in the house. When we arrived, she was wrapped in a comforter and had a space heater next to her. We later told her daughter, who has been our travel agent through this trip, that she needs to buy her mom a heater. She responded, “She doesn’t like to spend the money on electricity.” We changed the fastest we’ve ever changed and took off for the Apartheid Museum.

The museum was beautiful. You can really tell they spent some time in the design, architecture and art. After you purchase your tickets, they force you through a gate for, “Whites” and “Non-Whites”. You continue on and learn about where apartheid started, how it started, and with whom. Its all so very interesting. I feel my mother put it best, “Anytime you are prevented from fulfilling your potential as a human being, not because you don’t have the ability, but because you aren’t allowed to-that’s [abuse]!!” To read more about the apartheid take a look at the museum website, www.apartheidmuseum.org or check out Wikipedia’s description here.

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