https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/tags/capevictorian/ Recent content in Capevictorian on The Singemonkey Hugo en-us Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:56:39 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-04-15-astonishingly-some-suburban-houses-in/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:56:39 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-04-15-astonishingly-some-suburban-houses-in/ <p>Astonishingly, some suburban houses in Cape Town have retained their original low walls without their inhabitants being murdered nightly, presumably.</p> <p>Though I also know it’s a relief when people don’t regularly hop into your yard. Cape Town is a cruel city. And being “middle class” here (actually being in the top 5% nationally) puts you in a weird place in terms of how to react to the countless people struggling at the margins. There’s a lot of ignoring, pretence, occasional sympathy, and the ever-popular blaming-the-poor-for-their-poverty.</p>