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East London has a really bad reputation.  In fact, it’s become cool to badmouth this small Eastern Cape city.  It may have something to do with the really shabby 70’s relic known as “downtown”.  Or it may be the dismal nightlife culminating in carpark fights and midnight muggings.
In East London’s defence, the city has some [...]

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The girls came tiptoeing into my office, stuck their heads around the door and asked, “Hey Ilana, wanna go to “Hmmm” for ice cream?”
“Go WHERE for ice cream?” I replied.
“Hmmm” said Janine, “it’s just around the corner.
Now, our office is in Gardens…LOWER Gardens.  The most interesting businesses we have in this neighbourhood are panel beaters [...]