Paolo Cavallini wrote:
Hi all.
I'm informed, both from the newspapers and from South African friends,
that there are serious concerns about safety in South Africa. Of
course this will not affect FOSS4G directly, but I'm sure many of us
are planning to have some holidays before or after the con
ehalf of Paulo Marcondes
Sent: Fri 2008/05/30 04:14 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] South African safety situation
2008/5/30 Lucena, Ivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Gavin,
My South Africans friends here in the US and I are deeply concern about
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2008/5/30 Lucena, Ivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Gavin,
>
> My South Africans friends here in the US and I are deeply concern about
> that situation too. I just wanted to add that thanks to economic growth and
> social reforms, Brazil is now a moving target on what concern wealth
> concentration inde
Gavin,
My South Africans friends here in the US and I are deeply concern about
that situation too. I just wanted to add that thanks to economic growth
and social reforms, Brazil is now a moving target on what concern wealth
concentration index. Brazilian business, factories and agriculture are
Looking at my African travel experience I doubt that this will really
affect us. The violence is mostly against people who are "stealing" jobs in
the eyes of some South-Africans, so tourists should be relatively safe. I
would be more worried if I would be planning a cruise on the coast of
Somalia.
Hi all and thanks for bringing it up Paolo
Yes we are sadly going through a spate of unrest and criminal violence in
poverty-stricken neighbourhoods in South Africa, mainly against foreigners from
other parts of Africa. 'xenophobic attacks' as they are labelled. Believe me,
we have to and will
Hi,
I'm happy you feel concerned about that. So do I, and even if I'm not
frightened for my own safety, going in a country where such things are
happenning put me in a real trouble. I know it can be silly to avoid the
trip because of that, but I can't really figure out how to travel there
in
