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.
Compare South-Africa to Zimbabwe, last year I was 1 month in Zimbabwe and did not experience anything negative, besides all the power and water cuts. This year, before going to FOSS4G2008, I'll visit Zimbabwe again for 3 weeks, even though the stories you hear about Zimbabwe are worse than SA. As long as you are not politically involved, the situation should still be safe in Zimbabwe I believe. Best regards, Bart On Fri, 30 May 2008 09:26:50 +0200, Paolo Cavallini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 conference, so not > being able to tour around freely will detract much from the appeal of > the conference. This could result in less participation, thus in turn in > lower general interest. > Any news or indications from local organizers? I think this is a problem > that should be dealt with, for the best success of the meeting. > All the best. > pc > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss