Camp site 'for whites only'

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Their dream of a week-long holiday was shattered when two best friends – one black, one white – were told they could not be together.

The primary schoolboy were to camp together at Lepel Lê, a private beachfront camping site in East London.

But the black boy, 11, had to be left behind in Cape Town after his pal’s family were apparently informed that only whites were allowed.

Jaunelle Landman, the white boy’s mother, speaking from Lepel Lê, described it as “like apartheid from the past”.

Her mother had paid for a six-day trip for two adults, her 12-year-old son and his friend, Landman said.

Landman said she continued the holiday because it was already paid for.

“I only see my mom every second year for a week. It was her choice of spot. It’s the first and last time that I will go there. It’s like when only white people were in white areas. There are only white children here. It’s not cool,” she said.

Her uncle had advised her to phone Lepel Lê to confirm whether blacks were allowed.

“He had heard only whites were allowed. We phoned the owners who told us no other races were allowed to holiday there.

“They are only allowed to work there,” she said, adding that she was “shocked” when she had to tell the black boy’s mother he had to stay behind.

“I was in tears when I heard he couldn’t go,” she said.

The boy’s mother, Coressa Wells-De Almeida, said: “I wanted to lie to him and say that it was me who didn’t want him to go. But then I told him it was because of racism at that place. I would not be there to protect my son.”

Her boy was very disappointed, she said.

“He and his friend are like brothers. We had to explain to them why it was happening,” Wells-De Almeida said.

“We are black. I am a kroes-kop (curly-haired) coloured married to a black man. My husband is from Angola, and that also makes it worse for my children. Black people are racist towards us too,” she said.

A Lepel Lê co-owner, who refused to give her name, said: “This is a private resort. We are not open to everybody. If I advertised this place then it’s another matter.”

She said “only friends and family” were preferred at the resort. She would not say directly if people of colour could stay there. “I don’t have friends in other race groups,” she said when asked if this was the case.

She said she managed the resort on behalf of her family. She was “not aware” of the alleged racism. “It might be somebody wanted to bring a friend. Or maybe they didn’t want to bring the child to begin with,” she said. - INL
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Not so much different from nude only camps. Can I wear my clothes while at a nudist camp?
 
There's another resort called Hollandse Molen in close to Paarl. When day visitors of color pitched up the official will just say that the resort is unfortunately full. Don't know if they still do it.
 
It's disgusting, but:

A Lepel Lê co-owner, who refused to give her name, said: “This is a private resort. We are not open to everybody. If I advertised this place then it’s another matter.”
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Fair enough?
 
This is actually quite interesting. Let's say such a "white" resort is advertised as a white Afrikaans holiday resort focusing on the development of social interaction between white Afrikaners as well as sustaining white Afrikaner culture? Would this gel with constitutional rights?
 
R13... said:
Oh well...another day another racist. I guess the racists will never die off.
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Racism is part of your primal nature. If at any point you have two groups one being pink and the other being blue, if any of the group seems to be favored for some reason like having to contest for food. It would be more than natural to start thinking a long the lines by the group not so fortunate that the other group is lank stink. This can even be further agitated if through politics or religion there where a person on who plays on this for their own advantage. Division is great it stills the fires of union. Unity is bad it fans the fires of strength over being pushed into a direction.
 
Ekstasis said:
There's another resort called Hollandse Molen in close to Paarl. When day visitors of color pitched up the official will just say that the resort is unfortunately full. Don't know if they still do it.
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dont think so, went there 2 weeks ago and the whole rainbow nation was represented
 
I guess if a white boy was denied entrance into a blacks only holiday resort, the fellow forum members would be a bit more enraged.
 
mass09 said:
I guess if a white boy was denied entrance into a blacks only holiday resort, the fellow forum members would be a bit more enraged.
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It's absolutely pathetic, but the point is whether it's legal or not. I'd imagine it is, and frankly I'm not living in some magical fantasy realm where racism doesn't exist. It does, these people exist, and unless they are breaking the law, frankly, I could not give a ****.
 
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