The firm ground that we stand, sit, and walk upon.
Protection from earthquakes and from tsunamis.
I remember finding it extremely exhausting to walk upon the long and vast beach of Noordhoek in South Africa.
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Stayed at Napier Street in a shelter.
Moved to District Six's other branch of same shelter some months after.
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Stayed in Salt River too, having got there through
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After Pinetown, Durban can be found, more to its right and very slightly lower down.
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I remember staying at my aunt's in Umhlanga. What is funny is that there is a Chatsworth too in Capetown, on the west side of South Africa, where I also stayed for nearly a year, before getting jailed for 40 days, then staying on the streets for months before receiving asylum in
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Moral of the story
Your birthplace remains your birthplace. Maybe nothing can ever replace your native country where you took birth and where you understand the language that is being spoken, except if He wills, of course!
Thanks for reading!!!
P.S.
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I never got stabbed and jailed in my country but was both STABBED and JAILED there in South Africa. My stabber was never even questioned and the person who got me jailed never came to court to condemn me further. After 40 days, I was released after promising never to do that mistake again.
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