In the spirit of Leonardo DiCaprio's 2006 film Blood Diamond, I bring you the first of several T.I.A. moments. T.I.A. stands for This. Is. Africa. -- it offers a chance to remember that Cape Town is actually in Africa, and shares some characteristics with life elsewhere on the continent. Of course, I have not yet explored life outside the Western Cape...that will happen soon enough.
During the international student orientation in early February, the UCT orientation leaders raffled off five canisters of pepper spray to students who answered jeopardy-style questions correctly. You would have thought they were giving away wads of cash! The auditorium of 500 students eagerly sought the pepper spray, and it was dispersed in two minutes.
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