Another one bites the dust.
Wednesday night my wallet was stolen. Since I was going to meet my landlord I went to withdraw money to pay my rent for this month and next for Mthatha. After withdrawing, Clemens and I headed into the grocery store down the street. Seeing how bulky the wallet was, we thought it might be better to leave it in the glove compartment instead of attracting attention.
After 5 minutes of shopping we came back to discover the car had been broken into and the wallet gone, along with my visa, bank card and drivers licence.
Normally I don’t carry the wallet around (for obvious reasons). One lapse in precaution made me another victim of South African crime.
Swapping mugging stories with my South African counterparts, I can consider myself very lucky that I left it inside and not walked with it.
After closer examination, we discovered an attempt was made to steal Clemens’ car as something was lodged in the ignition.
But nonetheless, I’m good.
Still, it’s a tough one to swallow.