Are Germans in South Africa ‚abgekapselt‘ [isloated]?
(Editor: Alex Smit-Stachowski is speaking in her column about life as a South African now living in Germany. The South African journalist lives in Krefeld, in North Rhine-Westphalia/ Germany).
A recent interview on this website heard the view from a German journalist in Cape Town that the Germans in South Africa are ‘abgekapselt’ – isolated, living on their own island away from the rest of the community. As I grew up in a German family in South Africa, I can tell how it is from an insider’s point of view…

© Ubuntu-Columnist Alex Smit-Stachowski is speaking in her new article about Germans in South Africa. (Source: flickr/ eGuide Travel)
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Krismis in Africa or Deutschland?
(Editor: Alex Smit-Stachowski is speaking in her column about life as a South African now living in Germany. The South African journalist lives in Krefeld, in North Rhine-Westphalia/ Germany).
I was born to Germans, raised partly in Namibia but mostly in South Africa and nine years ago, I left SA and moved to Germany. Now that Christmas is here – the question is – where is better – in South Africa or in Germany?

© Alex Smit-Stachowski is the „Ubuntu in Germany“ columnist of „SÜDAFRIKA – Land der Kontraste“. The column is dealing with South African lifes in Germany. We are wishing you and your family a merry christmas/ season´s greetings. (Source: flickr/ Eléonore Klein)
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Verschlagwortet mit 2012-12-24, Africa, animals, Atlantic, barbeque, bed, beers, Boney M’s, Braai, Cape Town, cauliflower, child, Christmas, Christmas cards, Christmas in Africa, Christmas in South Africa, clothing, company, consumerism, cream, curry, decorate, decoration, Deutschland, drink, Durban, evergreen songs, family, fish, Folk, food, forecast, friends, garden, German, German practice, Germany, gifts, Glühwein, grandmother, grandparents, gravy, Grünkohl, happy holidays, heart, holiday, home, hot, hot chocolate, Indian Ocean, Johannesburg, kale, Krefeld, Krismis, Lions, liquors, love, magical, meal, meats, mother, Namibia, NRW, opening, people, plastic tree, potato salad, potatoes, presents, Restaurant, roast, SA, sausage, SÜDAFRIKA - Land der Kontraste, Südafrika, school holidays, Season's Greetings, shopping malls, shorts, snow, snowed-under, South Africa, South Africa or Germany, spicy, spirit, spirit of Christmas, stuffing, Sun-burnt, T-Shirts, television, town, tree, trendy, trifle, trimmings, Turkey, Ubuntu, venues, way of dining, weather, wonderful