I'm sure the Xhosa , Zulu, and Sepedi folks enjoy a  dip in the
swimming pool before settling in the gazibo to enjoy a Saturday
gathering around the "bryfleish" up in Soweto Township.  Heck I bet
Nelson Mandela and the good reverend Tutu host a great Fleish Fry
before they set off on a weekend crime spree....  Probably to steal a
vanagon, oops Microbus or two.

On 28-Apr-09, at 11:45 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:01:42 -0700
> From:    Zolly <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
> Subject: Re: SA Vanagon in Adventure mag
>
> In South Africa there are no "Vanagons" by that name.  It is a
> Microbus.
> And they don't have any Westfalia campers made of it.  Although the
> population is very outdoorsy.  Typically, they have a swimming pool
> in the
> yard, a gazibo for the barbeque, or "bryfleish" as they call it
> commonly in
> Dutch, many have tennis courts too.  And for sport they are very often
> golfers.  Youngsters are into cricket and rugby or running and
> cycling.  No
> Westfalia campers yet in South Africa.  And its a "no rust"
> country.  Cars
> last forever there.
> The country is pretty much a mix between US and Europe with a large
> African
> black population, which is not the same as the American black
> population.
> When the economy is down, the crime is way up.  Probably what's
> happening
> right now.
> I guess, I gave a little more info than you needed.
> Zoltan
>