Lepel Lê, a private beachfront camping site in East London, is a musem of sorts.

It’s a museum, in the sense that it is a fine example of apartheid-era ignorance, racism, and hate, and also in the sense that the people inside the place are highly realistic copies of real human beings with souls.

Juanelle Landman, of Cape Town, booked a stay at the private resort in East London for her family, and the friend of her son, who happened to be black. After receiving advice that she should phone ahead to confirm that the resort wasn’t subject to the Group Areas Act of 1956, she was told by an official at the camp that the resort was for whites, only.

Not THAT kind of “whites only” resort

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

No look. It’s tough for us white people to make a stand against racism when our holidays have already been paid for. But she’s dragging her Old Generation mom in on the blame game.

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,

This, from IOL:

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.

Nkosi, sikelel’ iAfrika.

[Source : IOL]