Ballito

This morning the news is full of stories about shootings at the taxi rank in Ballito. In the case of that lovely little town the taxi rank is right next to a major shopping center and the junction of the two main routes into Ballito. Residents have requested for the rank to be moved to a more appropriate area but government officials will not anger the taxi bosses. Last night two of the taxi associations had a stand off. The area was tense but apparently a few police had the situation under control.

Not so much...

People were stranded in the shopping mall and patrons in two restaurants that have windows in the vicinty of the taxi rank had to dive under the tables for safety as bullets flew through the air.

This whole thing shook me as we eat at John Dory's in Ballito quite often. I pretty much only shop at the Lifestyle Center which was the shop involved.

Somebody at John Dory's took a video during the incident.

The kids crying in the video made me cry. You can hear their terror and it could so easily have been us.

In a few weeks I will be moving down to Ballito for a month or so as we wait for our baby girl to arrive as she will be born at Alberlito.

I think I may avoid the Lifestyle Centre this time around.

Here is the link to the VIDEO

Watch it. We can't just become immune to the violence in this country.