Its always south africa............
I spent a year in south africa before going to university. Fairly uneventful with regards to muggings apart from a couple of incidents.

Whilst staying in a rough part of Joburg (yeoville for any who knows it,and for those of you who don't, please bear in mind, johannesburg has the highest crime rate in the world) a few friends and myself decided to gatecrash the freshers party at Wits (joburg uni).

we were waiting for our hot italian friend to get ready. myself and the driver were in the car, the other 2 outside, in the entrance to the block of flats.

i was in the front passenger seat by myself after the driver got out (leaving keys in ignition) to call the others when a group of 5-6 guys ran up.

being quite naive at the time, my first reaction was, why is that guy jumping on koketso, does he know him?
in fact it was only when 2 hand guns appeared and were cocked that i realised we were getting hijacked.

i saw one of them run towards the car, and so i reached to take the keys out, but he grabbed my arm, held a flick knife to my chest, nicked my wallet and told me that my presence was no longer required.

the car sped off, they ran off, and we were left stunned and violated.

considering muggers in south africa generally dont think twice about shooting/stabbing/rapping their victims we considered ourselves quite lucky.

my advice to anyone who gets mugged, dont try to be a hero, you can always get more money and a new wallet.
(Mr Moo Cow - HairyBeef, Tue 20 Jun 2006, 22:08, Reply)