Day 6 -  Thursday Oct. 6^th

Stellenbosch is a beautiful town in the wine region of South Africa, about an hour from Cape Town.   Stellenbosch is famous for the University of the same name that dates back to 1685.    It was central to the anti-apartheid movement in the 60’s and 70’s. 

One of the speakers spoke about some of the problems that continue to exist in South Africa.   One of the most challenging issues they face is economic inequality.    The majority of South African’s live in poverty while a very very small minority have nearly all the wealth.   As an example, he said that there are two people living in the city of Stellenbosch that have as much wealth as 50% of all of the rest of the people in South Africa!    Besides Brazil, South Africa has the worst economic disparity of any nation on earth.

There is a student protest movement right now in South Africa called “Fee’s Must Fall.”   The students are protesting rising tuition costs and are demanding that the government do something to make University education affordable for all young people in South Africa.   We heard from some of the Student leaders who are working on the protest.

On the way back to Cape Town we visited one of the many Wineries in the region to “experience” some of the local flavors J.

The weather continues to be beautiful and springlike.    No rain!!!    I hope the weather in Indy has been good.