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I have long since moved past the stage where I believe that things happen by accident. Last Friday I wrote a post titled “Conscience under Pressure” and the Jozi graffiti scene. It elicited some extremely negative responses and sometimes I wonder if I’m not madly obsessive fighting for a cause that seems to alienate most residents in the area ( Read more... )

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This morning I drove to the infamous Rocky Street in Yeoville, Jozi to see whether the inner-city redevelopments have stretched its tentacles into one of the city’s oldest suburbs. It used to be the long-time home to Orthodox and Hasidic Jews that morphed into a bohemian enclave.

Long before the fall of Apartheid Yeoville attracted its fair share of ( Read more... )

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