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Australian Notes

South African notes

1 November 2014

9:00 AM

1 November 2014

9:00 AM

“Cape Town is a lot like Sydney,” an ex-pat yarpie had assured me. But as I’m driven through the township which separates the airport from the city it’s the dystopian sprawl of District 9 that comes to mind. Hearing my silence as censure my driver points out the satellite dishes perched atop these densely-packed hovels; proof that most of them now have electricity (if not, er, plumbing).

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