I found myself in a tiny rural town in the Eastern Cape, writes Gasant Abarder in this new SliceofGasant. There, I found Clarkson, whose residents have the simple yet profound answers to all of the challenges that wrack South Africa’s towns and cities.
There, I found Clarkson, whose residents have the simple yet profound answers to all of the challenges that wrack South Africa’s towns and cities.is among the country’s most influential media voices. Catch his weekly column here, exclusive to Cape {town} Etc.
Listening to the rain pound my roof as I write this during this much anticipated and publicised storm, it is hard to imagine that just a few years ago we were counting down to the dread that was Day Zero. Back then the population stood at 1000. It now stands at 6000. Poverty and crime, infiltrating every town and district in our country, have not skipped over Clarkson.
“Your life revolved around the church and values were established. Like respect for others, discipline and hard work. It was a poor community but people cared for each other; that which is now known as Ubuntu existed here. When one person struggled, we all struggled. Every child belonged to every family here.
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