Long street: Cape Town's favourite street

A night spent in the Long Street, is the night full of unforgettable memories especially if you are a party animal. If you visit Cape Town and you want to experience different vibe of night life then Long Street is definitely the place to be. Long Street can be described as the loudest and busiest street ever in Cape Town; it is a street with lot of bars, restaurants, pubs and clubs lining this iconic street. It is known as the most electrifying experience to have with friends and partying at the best clubs or pubs.

The street does not have only clubs where you can party but variety of things like shopping and restaurant where you can get your favorite food and cuisine.

The fun is versatile in all ways possible, you find the all the vibe you are looking for a first class, there is a place for that, you want to go and vibe out like a teenager, first club night and there is a place for that too. Long Street does not accommodate people who drink alcohol only because you can even go there to enjoy the music and the company of people who loves to be in this iconic street. Most people say you cannot visit Cape Town and not go to Long Street and once you have been there you will understand the reason for them to say that. Most of other clubs in Cape Town closes at the certain time but not the clubs that are in Long Street, They do not close you dance till the sunrise.

The experience of the street was so exciting and way different from that of Pretoria even the vibe was different. “Long Street is just the heart of Cape Town itself alone. It is all in one where people from different places (including abroad) come together to mingle, connect, have fun and discuss business,” said Thami Tsotetsi, a resident from Cape Town. The street has so many clubs that  once you get there you will be confused on which club to go and party but which ever club you choose to go in you will have so much fun and  you will enjoy.

The street it is more alive at night, just walking down the street to see different clubs and pubs. It is not only the fun that would drag your attention at this street but also how nice it becomes at night, all the beautiful lights from different clubs the street has. Long Street gave students a chance to have fun, even people they thought they were quite but not in Long Street, they danced all night long.

What is nice about the street is that there are lots of caps that will safely take you home if you’ve had enough. 

No matter how nice and exciting Long Street is but you will have to watch yourself when you there because there are drug dealers that are ready to offer people drugs and beggars which most people do not feel comfortable around them. One of the clubs students went to is the Mexican; the club had all the vibe students were looking for and also the special prices the club offer on beer and shooters.

 The staff was friendly and helpful to student especially for a fact that students were not familiar with the place.The night life keeps the city going and gives people something to talk about. Students really enjoyed being in Long Street because it was one of the places they wanted to see in their Cape Town trip and will of course love to go back there again. The purpose of going to Long Street was to have fun, bond and that was all achieved. Going to Cape Town was the best thing for the students because they could even see the buzzing street that most people talk about. No students who went to this street and regret going there, so this is the proof that going to Long Street was worth the while in fact the Cape Town trip on its own was worth it.

Celebrating the Rocks of the country

It is that month again where South Africa commemorates Women's month. Every year in August we celebrate and remember what women of  1956 did to free us as a country during apartheid era. They marched to Union Buildings on 9 August in protest against the extension of pass Laws to women. Women of 1956 fought fiercely for us to have freedom we are enjoying  now.

They did not only fought for the Law pass but also for equality, oppression and equality.
Today we celebrate and appreciate what they did for the country. I think it is only fair to treat them with respect and dignity because they did this country very well, women are called  Imbokodo  (Rocks). They did not get this name simple but they earned it.

Since South Africa  became the democratic country, Constitution was written for everyone in the country to be free. South Africa is now a free country and everyone is treated equally. Now women are treated equal as men because they are considered when applying for jobs, some are CEO's in big corporate companies. They now given a chance to sit in parliament and to also contest to be the next president of the country.

                                                                          


Women are the future of this country because many women raised their children alone. I have seen this happening a lot. Most women struggle in raising their children because their husbands left them. Although women are classified as strong creatures but they need protection from men and they should not be abused. The issue of  abuse and human trafficking has been escalating rapidly and something serious need to be done to stop women abuse.

Although some people have a  negative view of women being equal to men because they believed that men are superior than women. Long time ago women were not allowed to go and work, only men could do that. I think it is time for them to change their mind set and not pass this kind of mind to the next generation.

I think we have to teach our  young boys that men are not better than women, we need to do away with that kind of stigma because it is destroying our country. They should also be taught that women can do what  men can do and they can do it even better than them and that women have the ability to change the world.They should also be informed that no work is for men or women we are all equal. We have many women who do jobs that were known that only men can do them  and they are doing very well in those jobs. We now live in the democratic country and we do everything by the book or at least we can say by the law.