Driving through Alexandra, Johannesburg, South Africa

[msdevnz]

you need to have balls to walk in Alexandra at night.

[Jeandre22]

You guys got guts driving through alexandra.Very dangerous!!!

[naledilorna]

Thank you for a quick tour of my old neighbourhood. I miss it like crazy...

p.s. I'm a white woman, I walked everywhere in Alex and never had the slightest problem.

[bluesky123ify]

Do you remember what streets and avenues your driver went through? Seems like an interesting setting....away from the opulent wealth in Sandton.

[spokest]

@bluesky123ify We were just driving around. I was with a couple of friends, one of whose work you can check out here at double u double u double u dot 5sm.co.za/bands_ajp.htm

as he is an acclaimed jazz saxophonist, I'd just come from his house :-)

[bozirob]

who is honking the horn

[spokest]

@bozirob It's the taxi drivers, they hoot to attract the attention of potential customers at the side of the road as they drive past them

[bozirob]

@spokest i thought it ws the guy behind the car trying to get you to go throught the red light or something, tought wrong

[tinykinz]

@bozirob taxi drivers

[spokest]

I'm pretty disappointed that it seems to be impossible to post a vid on youtube these days without the comments getting hijacked by people on a mission to prove one race is superiour to another. Why can't people just comment on the video? The only one here who has is gberchenko, who didn't drive, but walked, when he went to Alex.

[gberchenko]

I am a white American, and I walked, not drove, on some of those streets of Alexandra. Most people there are very poor but have great spirit.

[RSAinUK]

@gberchenko you are either a very brave man or a very stupid and naive man to do that lol. not many white guys would dare drive through, let alone walk. Next up for you its Hillbrow! lol

[gberchenko]

@RSAinUK I walked through Hillbrow several times, nothing happened, though I did get mugged once down the street in Joubert Park.

[veld66]

@RSAinUK Boers accent......

[tamyk007]

@veld66 Are you South African or Irelish by birth? I do hope SA is improving in public safety!

[RSAinUK]

@veld66 Whats that supposed to mean? 

[spokest]

@Edubbplate

Well fancy that!

[Inathi12]

Feels too gud to be blk. thank God!!!

[CanOfWhoopie]

Dave Matthews lived after the age of 13 in Virginia..he's a huge supporter of the work we do here through his Bama Works Foundation..he's a great guy..I just feel that we are going to end up being the next Rwanda or Zimbabwe. The crime rate is out of control.

[CanOfWhoopie]

People from South Africa are beautiful. We got Charlize Theron and for us gals..Dave Matthews..:) Tell her next time you see her that it's a good thing she left because the ANC has done nothing good and they will leave us out here to dry.

[Edubbplate]

White South African's should come live with us in the US. We'd love to have them.

[CanOfWhoopie]

We might have too at some point. Sadly enough.

[Edubbplate]

I hearby dubb you an honorary Texan. So load your truck up with guns, bbq, and beer and come on over.

[CanOfWhoopie]

hahahahaha!!!! We hear good things about Texans here.