ALEXANDER PARKER: The problem with snooty Cape Town suburbs isn’t the people — it’s the taxes
It is true that Cape Town hasn’t transformed as quickly as Johannesburg, but it is wrong to attribute this to the character of its residents
30 January 2023 - 05:00
Cape Town is famous for Table Mountain, views, a humming restaurant scene and its laid-back style. It is also renowned for being cliquey, unfriendly and, more recently, for being untransformed and downright racist.
Having lived in this city for nearly a decade I can attest to the fact that Capetonians tend to stick to themselves. In Joburg an invitation to a braai is exactly that. In Cape Town it’s not so clear. This reputation is not new. There is an apocryphal tale of a mining magnate bemoaning that “in Johannesburg there is nothing to do, in Cape Town there is no-one to talk to”. ..
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