Getting Stoned on Hell’s Run

One of the more interesting spots as you head on in to Cape Town from the airport is a spot on the highway known as “Hell’s Run.” The nickname is a bit of an exaggeration since this isn’t exactly Highway 10 into Baghdad, but it still has its moments. On both sides of the highway are the infamous Cape Flats; also known as the townships; also known as “informal settlements” to the politically correct. Here people literally live in hand-made shacks that are constructed out of just about anything. What some people from the townships have been doing for years is getting on the passenger walkways above the highway and dropping large stones onto the cars. The goal apparently is to cause a wreck and then rob people. I don’t know about this method’s success rate, but it can sure make you an alert driver. Nobody likes getting stoned in the face while driving (which has happened).