Human Chains, Burning Boats, No racists?

Sometimes God answers prayers in extravagant ways. Our country has been hit by severe drought and we have all been on water rations as a result as dams have been at an all time low. So, of course, there have been millions of people praying fervently for rain. As the dry winter months have left us behind and the wet and windy spring arrived, everyone worried whether the spring months would bring sufficient rain to fill up the dams before the hot South African summer months arrived. Well the final month of spring has seen flash floods, major thunderstorms (far more than normal) and huge hail storms that made the ground look like it was covered in snow. And the dams have slowly been filling up. On wednesday afternoon they experienced flash floods in the late afternoon as the traffic was peaking. Out of nowhere roads turned into rivers with cars been submerged in water and people trapped. Out of all this chaos, in one of the worst hit areas, men of all races climbed out of their respective vehicles - cars, taxis, trucks and formed a human chain to help the people stuck in the middle of the raging water,and get across to dry land. There was no racism, no fighting between motorist and taxi driver, just concerned citizens helping each other in a time of crisis. This is what makes us proud to be South African. This is what we love about this country and the people of this country. A few days back there was a terrible boating accident on the Hartbeespoort Dam when a fire broke out on a pleasure boat carrying a party of about 200 people. Tragically four people lost their lives in this accident but if they had remained on the boat instead of panicking then they may still be alive today. However, the reason that I am telling this story is that the partygoers on the boat were primarily people of one race group. On the dam at the same time were members of the public in their own boats enjoying the afternoon, doing whatever it is that people with boats do. Many of them never hesitated and rushed to the burning pleasure boat and started helping people, who had jumped overboard, onto their private vessels and taking them safely to shore. The people with the boats were primarily members of another race group, one that is supposedly racist and filled with hatred for the other group and yet nothing is being said about this amazing act of kindness and bravery to rescue the people that they are supposed to "hate". When things like this happen I feel certain that,if the citizens of this country were not subjected to the selfish

agenda's of the politicians, we would all just get on with life and not worry about all the so called racism that people like Julius Malema keep stirring up and throwing in our faces. The majority of the people in this country are Christian or have some belief in God, and most South Africans feel that we are all the same because God created Man in His image and, based on that, we can continue with our process of healing and reconciliation from the effects of apartheid which, the man in the street is, on the whole, doing very well thank you.