I’m standing in the tranquil interior of 16 Dixon Street, the shared home of handwoven rug company Fibre Designs and art gallery RK Contemporary, in the heart of Cape Town’s trendy De Waterkant district. Despite the cosy premises, I’m ruminating over death, depravation and displacement: perpetual war.
Far away, bombs and ground troops continue to devastate Palestine and Ukraine. Warfare of one kind or another rages in various corners of our own continent. And there is violence closer to home too, of course: the war on women’s bodies, gang wars, the daily brutality of life for many people in SA. ..
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