Most of us that live in Cape Town know that a sunny Sunday afternoon means one thing. A trip down the N2 to Kwa Mzoli in Gugulethu. A popular hang out spot, a time to give your card a deserved R30 Kasi Valet, waiting for your meat from the braai, while sipping cold one on the sidewalk with friends. It is my opinion that Cape Town is not accommodating to the black person, as most hang out spots have been designed for whites. It is in this that we find conform in the unjudgemental and carefree streets of Gugulethu.
This was not to be Sunday afternoon as cops re-enacted a scene from Sarafina and raided Kwa-Mzoli arresting anyone seen carrying a bottle of alcohol. What was ironic was that some of the arrested where white tourists who came to experience authentic township life. It was quite a scene seeing the white youths being hurled face first into the police trucks (imigqomo, the exact ones from the 80's). There where about 30 cops along with numerous security guards armed with rubber bullet short guns, and I suspected that the rubber bullet's sister the tear gas was hidden in those pockets.
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5 comments:
Damn, where else are we supposed to chill and have a good time? This city is racist!
Where are we supposed to go? Where can a black man enjoy his Sunday afternoon? Have the police misplaced their job descriptions? Is this really the 21st century or is South africa left behind? We do not do golf on Sundays - we go to Mzoli's! This is where we talk about our business? This is our spot. Cape town does not cater for blacks... everything in this town is white. Being black means going back to Kasi and meeting friends, making new friends and meeting old friends. This is where we grew up. Our families still stay in the dusty Kasi, and you can't kick Kasi out of a black man. Why are being treated like hooligans? Even our fellow white tourists who appreciate the black man's deeds will start to wonder. Wonder why people are treated like animals?
We need to get black people running the City of Cape Town.
Is cape town that bad?
Is it getting worse?
What were the police on that tip? is kwa-mzoli unlicenced or something?
I just don't get it. It just don't make sense.
Did anybody take the incident any further? ie. report the police' conduct. I just don't get what was going down.
That is Cape Town for you....I said it, I will say it again..the city is just not friendly to people who are darker in colour....But the Mzoli raiding, that i don't understand.
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