The front page of the Cape Argus is usually blazoned with either a local or an international tale of woe. Murders, robberies, rape – and then there’s all the crime in Cape Town too. Yesterday, however, was an exception. The banner headline was My Gugs liberation move, and this was an upbeat story about a succesful music producer who’s moved out of a luxury mansion in the foothills of Table Mountain to a two-bedroom house in Gugulethu, one of the local townships. Gugulethu is the township I know best, Hilda and her family live out there, and through them I’ve met several other friends like Mphumzi and Msekeli. According to the article his move was inspired by the Landmark Forum.
So this seems an appropriate introduction to a couple of longer pieces, assuming I find the time to sit down and write them. Firstly I plan write about my experiences of integration and non-integration in Cape Town – as an outsider who’s tried hard to meet a fair cross-section of Capetonians. I also mean to write something about the Landmark Forum, particularly because Zaid – a fellow Pioneer – has just written an exceptionally sharp critique of Landmark and their technology, to which I’ve promised that I will respond.
So watch this space…
