SOUTH AFRICA: Rush!

Outside an office building, in Lichtenburg, South Africa, stood a solitary man. He wanted to enter an office but it was closed. Also he wanted to be first to enter, so he dared not leave the door lest someone take his place. So he waited, sleeping by his post at night, and nights were cold last week in Lichtenburg.

His fears that someone might try to take his place were not groundless. Other men soon joined him. They too slept in front of the door.

Then came more and more men until there were...

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