Comments on: Cape Town and Johannesburg. Two worlds in a country http://www.richardstupart.com/2009/07/31/cape-town-and-johannesburg-two-worlds-in-a-country/ where the road goes... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.richardstupart.com/2009/07/31/cape-town-and-johannesburg-two-worlds-in-a-country/comment-page-1/#comment-3133 Anonymous Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:14:00 +0000 http://www.richardstupart.com/?p=747#comment-3133 It's a funny thing about time, that you can grow older and wiser (and a little less willing to generalise), then look back on a blog post like this and realise that you (me, in this juggling of personal references) were trying to pigeonhole an entire city into one stereotype. I think you are absolutely right to call me on it. Cape Town is no more reducible to its racial divisions than it is reducible to some communitarian utopia. I would only add (with the benefit of years of hindsight now) that it would be equally shortsighted to see Johannesburg as nothing but Sandton. It has its Capetonian - and other, different - places too. It’s a funny thing about time, that you can grow older and wiser (and a little less willing to generalise), then look back on a blog post like this and realise that you (me, in this juggling of personal references) were trying to pigeonhole an entire city into one stereotype.

I think you are absolutely right to call me on it. Cape Town is no more reducible to its racial divisions than it is reducible to some communitarian utopia. I would only add (with the benefit of years of hindsight now) that it would be equally shortsighted to see Johannesburg as nothing but Sandton. It has its Capetonian – and other, different – places too.

]]> By: Martinbeta1 http://www.richardstupart.com/2009/07/31/cape-town-and-johannesburg-two-worlds-in-a-country/comment-page-1/#comment-3132 Martinbeta1 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:49:00 +0000 http://www.richardstupart.com/?p=747#comment-3132 I certainly must agree that you might have been at the wrong place at the wrong time. Another interesting point is that the coloured community in Cape Town don't try as hard to be European as the black people in Johannesburg do. There is an air of corruption in Johannesburg, almost an appreciation for the "savvy" it needs to escape out the back door with a couple of million stuck in you back pocket, everything to buy that new car, or house, or whatever your neighbour would envy most.. Cape Town has a real sense of fair play, which might explain why Johannesburg is so much more prosperous. We try to avoid trampling over each other to get to the top. We like working together, and living in a harmonious society. We fail more than not, but at least we focus outside the 5 meter walls of our Sandton home. I certainly must agree that you might have been at the wrong place at the wrong time. Another interesting point is that the coloured community in Cape Town don’t try as hard to be European as the black people in Johannesburg do. There is an air of corruption in Johannesburg, almost an appreciation for the “savvy” it needs to escape out the back door with a couple of million stuck in you back pocket, everything to buy that new car, or house, or whatever your neighbour would envy most.. Cape Town has a real sense of fair play, which might explain why Johannesburg is so much more prosperous. We try to avoid trampling over each other to get to the top. We like working together, and living in a harmonious society. We fail more than not, but at least we focus outside the 5 meter walls of our Sandton home.

]]> By: John Stupart.com » Western Capers and COIN http://www.richardstupart.com/2009/07/31/cape-town-and-johannesburg-two-worlds-in-a-country/comment-page-1/#comment-742 John Stupart.com » Western Capers and COIN Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:01:24 +0000 http://www.richardstupart.com/?p=747#comment-742 [...] liberal party represent the opposition to the ANC. But enough of this stuff! My brother has a far better reflection on this than I can be arsed to repeat. More importantly, I feel it’s important to mention that [...] [...] liberal party represent the opposition to the ANC. But enough of this stuff! My brother has a far better reflection on this than I can be arsed to repeat. More importantly, I feel it’s important to mention that [...]

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