On Monday, GLORY light-heavyweight contender Zack Mwekassa boarded a plane to take him from Johannesburg, South Africa to Amsterdam, where he will make final preparations before next Saturday's fight at GLORY 29 COPENHAGEN in Denmark. It's a trip he almost didn't make after a car-jacking last week.
Car-jacking is, sadly, something that South Africa is notorious for. A largely Westernised country, South Africa is nevertheless home to large pockets of extreme poverty. It's also a tough place; violence runs nearer the surface there than in many other Western countries. For the criminals, human life is not only cheap, it is often not even a consideration.