http://otabenga.org/taxonomy/term/105 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://otabenga.org/node/120 <p><em>Reposted from <a href="http://abahlali.org/node/3699">Abahlali baseMjondolo</a> on June 21, 2008.</em></p> <p>The industrial and mining towns on the Eastern outskirts of Johannesburg are unlovely places. They’re set on flat windswept plains amidst the dumps of sterile sand left over from old mines. In winter the wind bites, the sky is a very pale blue and it seems to be all coal braziers, starved dogs, faded strip malls, gun shops and rusting factories and mine headgear. All that seems new are the police cars and, round the corner from the Harry Gwala shack settlement, a double story facebrick strip club. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://otabenga.org/node/120">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> http://otabenga.org/node/120#comments connecting Richard Pithouse Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:48:21 -0600 otabenga1 120 at http://otabenga.org