Born a Crime

(Chris Devlin) #1

the commotion of the minibus
rank. Second Avenue was nice
because it had semi-houses that
were built when there was still
some sort of formal settlement
going on. Third, Fourth, and Fifth
Avenues were nicer—for the
township. These were the
established families, the old money.
Then from Sixth Avenue on down it
got really shitty, more shacks and
shanties. There were some schools,
a few soccer fields. There were a
couple of hostels, giant projects
built by the government for housing
migrant workers. You never wanted
to go there. That’s where the

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