By T. O. MOLEFE
The New York Times - November 12, 2013
Cape Town — There’s a reason photographers like to take pictures of Cape
Town, South Africa’s second largest city, from out over the Atlantic
Ocean. From this vantage point, cerulean waters give way to a long line
of luxurious sea-facing apartments that hug the Atlantic seaboard.
Others nestle on the cliffs of Bantry Bay and overlook the sandy beaches
of Clifton. To the left, the harbor, city center and manicured parks
nestle at the foot of city’s most famous peak, Table Mountain.
At the end of October, this picturesque scene was disrupted by an
incursion from the real Cape Town, hidden from view behind the mountain,
where the vast majority of the city’s 3.7 million inhabitants live.
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