Survivor South Africa is a popular TV reality show here and is filmed in a remote location somewhere in the world. However, South Africa itself offers more challenges than the jungles of Borneo or any other isolated island. Here a a few suggestions for a real Survivor South Africa, shot on location in South Africa...
Challenge 1 - All contestants to run through Pretoria, shouting “Bulls suck!” Anyone who survives goes to the next round.
Challenge 2 - Remaining contestants to find their way through Durban, using only newly renamed streets. All who find the final destination, continue to the next round.
Challenge 3 - Rewire the Koeberg power station outside Cape Town. Survivors go to the next round.
Challenge 4 - Get decent medical treatment at any government hospital in South Africa. If you pull through you advance to the next round.
Challenge 5 - Park at any off-ramp one evening in Johannesburg, for an hour. Survive that and you must be bullet proof.
Challenge 6 - Spend a weekend in Pofadder. Anyone who survives, goes to the next round.
Challenge 7 - Drive your choice of Coin or Fidelity Guards vehicle down any highway and if you make it, go on.
Challenge 8 - Apply for an ID book at the Department of Home Affairs. Survive that ordeal and you deserve a reward.
Challenge 9 - Catch a taxi ride in Johannesburg or Durban, or a bus from East London through Transkei via the Kei Cuttings. If you reach your destination in one piece, you’re mentally and physically tough. Go on.
Challenge 10 - Coach the Springboks or Bafana. Go to the next round if you survive.
Final challenge - On behalf of Butane Khompela (chairman of theParliamentary Sports Committee), final survivors must go and confiscate Os du Randt’s or Bakkies Botha’s passports, and tell them they play international rugby. If you survive that, you truly deserve to hold the title: Winner of Survivor SA!
