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Image: Victoria and Alfred Waterfront

The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront with Table Mountain rising in the background, in Cape Town, South Africa.

Framed by massive, cloud-topped Table Mountain, with ribbons of beaches and deep blue sea at front, there are few places anywhere as drop dead gorgeous as Cape Town. But not all parts of the city are as glamorous as the section patronized by tourists. FULL STORY

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