AS SUMMER sets in, it is easy to forget that Cape Town has long been a sick city. She is just being ignored, neglected in the hope that aesthetics and million-rand marketing campaigns will solve it all.
Good and needed, when cities have lost their heart, and their ubuntu ethos, they tend to believe their lies, than the basic welfare of its people.
Yes, tourists have all the right to come over and enjoy themselves, visit Table Mountain, the winelands and feed themselves as they want, thanks to the outstanding hospitality Capetonians have to offer.
As you know, only a handful dare to visit, let alone stay, in places like Manenberg, Nyanga, Gugulethu, Hanover Park to count but some.
But wait, how many Capetonians know these places, that often only…
