Cape Town Stories 19
Cape Townians are not stingy with compliments. But they also do not hold back on unwanted criticism. A man just straight up told me: „You...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Cape Town Stories 18
I was sitting at an FNB bank waiting in line for the customer service with another pregnant lady next to me and the assistant ( a man who...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20202 min read
Cape Town Stories 17
Loud banging on the door. It is 2am. My mother thinks it might be the Airbnb visitors trying to get in, perhaps too drunk to fit the key...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Cape Town Stories 16
A man got out his truck to bug me: „Hey sexy, take me with you what what bla bla“ Then he noticed he had locked his key in the car!
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20202 min read
Cape Town Stories 15
Coming from a casting in town I decided to take the scenic route through the Company’s Gardens, a place I had loved coming to as a child:...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20202 min read
Cape Town Stories 14
My sister and I went to grab a coffee down at the heavily overpriced Biscuit Mill (or Biscuit Müll if I may try a pun in German). It was...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Cape Town Stories 13
I had to go to Groote Schuur this morning. You know, the hospital placed conveniently next to the graveyard? Yes, it is bleak, very...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Cape Town Stories 12
I’m standing in the queue at Checkers. Behind me two policemen in uniform. One of them looks longingly at the isles of sweets...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20202 min read
Cape Town Stories 11
A night out in Cape Town. I went out with a friend of mine to a shabby chic afro fusion restaurant that also functions as a club on some...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Cape Town Stories 10
At my parents house in Woodstock. There is a knock on the door which my mother goes to answer. A man, begging. She asks him to wait a...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20202 min read
Cape Town Stories 9
Two brown people buying a muffin and two lattes on a sunny Sunday in Gardens. Not at a Pick’nPay, at an almost-fancy cafe where you can...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Cape Town Stories 8
I’m getting out of the car just as a white parking attendant angrily chases away a black man begging. I tell him not to be so rude to...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Cape Town Stories 7
You know those sweet old retired grandpas you see leisurely wandering the streets of Cape Town? With friendly toothless smiles until you...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Cape Town Stories 6
You know those people who consider themselves good drivers? Those people who think that them being alive is proof of their excellent...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Cape Town Stories 5
I’m parking the car in town, I get out the car, my afro jiggling and bouncing and all, the parking attendant says to me „yoh, white...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Cape Town Stories 4
I went to the public swimming pool with a friend and his little nephew. A day filled with sun and fun but also a valuable life lesson. I...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Cape Town Stories 3
I’m at a fish shop at the harbour, want to order some slap chips and deep fried fish. But before I get a chance to order, one of the...
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Cape Town Stories 2
A cockroach chased me into the bathroom.
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thandisebe
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Cape Town Stories 1
I’m in a cute little Berlin-looking cafe in the more gentrified upper part of Woodstock. In comes a (white) woman with her dog; while she...
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