A tragedy... on so many levels

Like a vast majority of South Africans, everybody at ZippingZebra has been feeling saddened, outraged and shocked today. The brutal murder of the 28-year old British woman in Gugulethu is on everybody’s mind. She and her husband, who survived the tragedy, were in South Africa to celebrate their honeymoon. We can only start to imagine the pain the newly weds must have gone through on that fatal Saturday night. All of us at ZippingZebra send our deepest sympathy to the victim’s husband, all of their loved ones and family members, as well as the driver of the hijacked shuttle bus. The tragic event saddens us on so many levels.
Although we know very well that crime is a serious issue in our country, this is not the South Africa we know and love.
This is not the South Africa that 99,99% of our millions of foreign visitors know and love.
This is not the South Africa that the people in Gugulethu know and love.
We know many people in “Gugs”. Each and every one of them will rather open their humble homes to visitors from near and far, to prepare them a meal and share their strong sense of community feeling than to even consider hurting anyone. That's why there are only victims in this senseless tragedy...