The rally was held in a tent at the top of a hill, alongside the village school; it was accompanied by and sponsor of some kind of soccer tournament. I was there with a local guide (Pikiswa) and tried to keep a lot profile at the back of the tnet. But at some stage the organizers spotted me and a couple of other white faces from Bulungula, and were were hustled in to the centre of the tent and given chairs; indeed at one stage the speaker switched from Xhosa into English to address us and we were treated like VIPs.
The UDM speaker, at least in the English section of the speech, spoke about the corruption within the ANC government (giving the terrible state of roads in the region as an example; they haven't been graded for 7 years). I felt embarrased at being the token, priveleged white guy there, but it was a great opportunity to take photographs of people.
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