Well to tell you what I know for a fact is this: My company
has had leads for busness is S.A. about 5 years ago. We at that
time, gave these to our swiss office to avoid trade embargos.
I'm not sure what's up, now, but if I were in the busness of Vanagon
parts, I would be on a jet tonight to make some connections over
there for importing.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Renier Marais wrote:

> ?? This sounds to good to be true. I think trading with S.A.
> ?? is a problem because of human rights problems. Does anyone know
> ?? any thing about this? If not this is the ticket for a real
> ?? capitalist, to make a fortune.
>
> ??            Eric                   86-VW4x4
> ??            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
> ??            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
>
> I hope this is a joke otherwise you have been living in a dream the
> past five years. South-Africa is a democratic country now, even if
> the media blow up individual cases as being the general situation
> here. It is because of this negative puplicity that the Rand is
> loosing it's grip against the Dollar, and that is why these
> parts seems so cheap.
> If you earn Dollars you, the average person can afford a big African
> safari over here for a lot less than you think. Thats an idea, why
> don't some of you guys ship your Vanagons over here and I will show
> you this country like you should see it, and not like CNN wants you
> to think it is. Just think of it, going through the Kruger National
> Park with your camper and looking at the big five in their natural
> habitat, and sleeping in the bushveld with the noises of the bush
> like lions calling to each other or hyenas laughing aloud closeby
> Wow that was a rush...
>
> Renier Marais
>