When you land at Cape Town’s International Airport, you must travel for miles along a highway where people live in the most despicable of conditions. It doesn’t take a social scientist to realize that tin shacks and no plumbing equal violence and disease. Women and children line the highway watching the cars zoom by. It’s [...]
Entries Tagged as 'South Africa'
South African Township Tours: Cultural Exchange or a Trip to the Human Zoo?
May 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Africa, Blog posts by Betty, Urban archipelagos
Tags:Africa·Cape Town·cultural exchange·South Africa·townships
South Africa: Stunningly Beautiful with an Intense Past…and Present
May 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Blog posts by Betty, Novelty, Recommended sights
The World Cup is exactly one month away, and this means that soon South Africa, and all of its beauty and problems, will once again take center stage on the international playing field. I was there about a year ago, and it was my first time on the Continent. Before this trip, I had been [...]
