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GC: Where Is the excitement!

GC is not a boring place. We are just jaded by the economy and the usual entertainment spots that have kept the needle at wine, whisky and wacky.

Sometimes I feel the city needs excitement. Verging on weird even.

Ok I agree half the city is conservative especially the inner city retired folk whose main vocation is buying a newspaper and arguing about the contents and trying to juxtapose with their times when it was perfectly fine to wear high-heeled shoes and take swigs from a beer bottle as one walked the streets.

Editor's Comment
Mob justice isn't just

A young man suspected of breaking into a car was seized by residents, severely assaulted, and died in the hospital within an hour. We unreservedly condemn this mob justice. It is not a solution to crime, but a criminal offence that turns citizens into murderers.Residents are understandably angry about theft. The person who raised the alarm at 4am acted lawfully, and the neighbours who rushed to help showed community spirit. But what followed was...

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