I Love Cape Town. I Think
The Mother City. The Cape of Goodhope. Cape Town. There was a time when I would have been the first one singing her praises. "We have one the wonders of the world, Table Mountain". "We have the most beautiful beaches in the world". "Millions of tourist visit Cape Town every year". But the truth is, I've only been to the top of Table Mountain once because it costs almost R300.00. I only see the beach a few times a year, because it's far and petrol is expensive. And the only thing I feel for tourists, is indifference. Cape Town, for all it's natural beauty, kinda sucks. It's expensive, pretty racist, greatly unequal and it smell funny. My reality is not the pristine beaches, ocean drives, and Woolies coffee. It's backyard-dwellers, self-loathing dogs, and massive sand dunes where people are robbed of their teeth and their dignity. When it comes down to it, it seems that the vast, breathtaking loveliness belongs only to a privileged f...