View From The Hill

We spent the afternoon yesterday in Pretoria at the Union Building which is the administrative seat of the national government of South Africa. This is a remarkable time to be in South Africa as last Tuesday was National Election Day, only the third one since the abolishment of apartheid in 1994. Driving through the townships, we saw long lines of people standing in the hot sun waiting for their chance to vote. They seem to "get" the idea of democracy. I haven't heard the final numbers but the voter turnout was very high and put our record in the USA to cryin' shame.

So, anyway, we sat in the grass in front of the Union Building and listened to the tour guide give the history of the building. After that we spent an hour interviewing Alycia, who is one of the participants in NieuCommunities South Africa, shooting video of her walking through the garden. Then we took pictures of the beautiful sunset over the city. After that we went home and ate pizza.

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