{"id":2750,"date":"2024-05-10T17:47:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T15:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/south-africa-more-than-just-a-sht-hole-embracing-the-beauty-of-my-sht-hole-country-20240510\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T12:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:01:48","slug":"south-africa-more-than-just-a-sht-hole-embracing-the-beauty-of-my-sht-hole-country-20240510","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/south-africa-more-than-just-a-sht-hole-embracing-the-beauty-of-my-sht-hole-country-20240510\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: More Than Just a &#8216;Sh*t Hole&#8217; \/ Embracing the Beauty of My &#8216;Sh*t Hole&#8217; Country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Catherine White is a columnist for Kouga Express. She was born an bred in South Africa, but is currently pursuing her journalism career abroad. She writes opinion pieces on her experiences as a journalist working in Europe and visits to South Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone once told me: \u201cNo offence, but your country is a sh*t hole.\u201d At the time, I looked at the surroundings: The poverty, the hunger, the desperation in Joburg CBD\u2026 I understood. I could see it. And I agreed. Because it was in the Joburg CBD! THAT is a sh*t hole. But my country\u2026 Eish! Let me tell you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is NOTHING like living abroad and entering South Africa. Passport control for Greek nationals in Greece has a long line of Greek people. In The UK, a line of pale Brits. In France, a bunch of French looking folk. In India, Indians. In Ghana, Ghanaians and so forth and so on. But in SA it\u2019s a line of ALL NATIONS who are asked to present their \u201cgreen mamba\u201d upon entering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On my most recent trip to SA, I have been privileged to fly across my \u2018sh*t hole\u2019 of a country. Again, I was reminded that we have the most beautiful skies in the world. Never ending\u2026! An orange I have only ever seen a tinge of in Greece. Nowhere else in the world have I seen the skies collide the way they do at home: on the African continent, because I am African before I am South African. Our never ending beautiful free and open skies. They are much bigger here than they are in London.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also! Aren\u2019t South Africans just the best?&nbsp; We share random information with each other. We do this is in a way that is TOTALLY normal to us and has become part of our culture and identity. We also make sure not to linger too long. There is a mutual understanding. Very often it\u2019s accompanied by humour. But certainly, we have no skaam in looking out for each other: \u201cHey aren\u2019t you also flying Airlink? Seems the delay is over.\u201d We also don\u2019t shy away from saying our say when something is not right, without beating around the bush. And none of that pretentious and superfluous crap! \u201cExcuse me Ma\u2019am, may I ask if you would terribly mind potentially considering the possibility of moving your car ever so slightly.. \u201c Whereas: \u201cYou can\u2019t park here!\u201d But bear in mind that doesn\u2019t apply to taxis. They have a different handbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In many parts of Europe, it\u2019s uncommon for strangers to interact. I am not denying that they do, but it\u2019s not the norm like it is in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The woman next to me in the airport shuttle said: \u201cOh here comes another one\u2026\u201d sort of warning us that another person was going to be crammed in, even though it was obvious that there wasn\u2019t space for a single sardine. Low and behold a miracle! Have you ever seen a video of 50 or 100 people climbing out of a South African taxi? Miracles happen in my country. Every. Single. Day. One day there is R10 billion. The next it\u2019s gone. And nobody knows where it is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Living in London, I enjoy a bit of English dry humour. That reminds me: dry white. Good wine! Something we have plenty of!.. And so I learn to appreciate every aspect of my culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is one incredible quality I have noticed in South Africans since living abroad. Generosity! Even when people don\u2019t have, they give. Sometimes they give their neighbours electricity! An entire community shares in the same illegal wiring. Now if that\u2019s not generous, I don\u2019t know what is. Seriously though when I talk of generosity, I am not merely talking about monetary aspects. We are some of the most selfless people on this planet. We look out for each other in a way the rest of the world won\u2019t understand. We do it in the small ways. We share information, like flashing your headlights to warn of a road block. Or the guy on the aeroplane who pointed at the sunset, because he saw me capture a beautiful moment earlier on and thought I shouldn\u2019t miss this one. We embrace one another. We are warm and our space bubble has room for yet another sardine. We are not scared of honesty. We can handle the truth. 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