They Were Not Asking Us To Leave. They Were Telling Us.

At 1:12 AM, the morning of June 30, my sister sent a message to our family group chat: ‘Lock your doors and bedrooms as well.’ Then, thirty-three minutes later, she sent another one: ‘I’m too scared. I just want to be prepared.’ Another sister of mine replied: ‘You’ll be fine.’ And then, after a pause: ‘Hopefully.’ I live in Germiston, east of Johannesburg. By the time the sun came up, demonstrators were already moving through the CBD, fewer than fifty at first, carrying sjamboks and clubs, singing as they went. By afternoon, they were going door to door in Delville, […] The post They Were Not Asking Us To Leave. They Were Telling Us. appeared first on African Arguments.