Zinatul Islam mosque sits in the heart of District 6 (D6). The 100-year old mosque is a magnet for the historic D6 communities, returning residents, new residents and worshippers from the surrounding commercial areas. Recently, a resident lodged a complaint about the call to prayer delivered via the loudspeakers located in the minaret. Accepting the complaint was like accepting the complaints of residents in rural gated estates complaining about flies and manure smells wafting over from the neighbouring farms. Or residents of golf estates complaining about golf balls hitting their greens-facing windows. Or neighbours of Rastafarians complaining of aromatic assaults.

Robben Island has, for centuries, been a prison for those who opposed colonial conquest and its incarnations, settler colonialism and apartheid. Yet, when it was converted to a museum the logo which former prisoners chose was one of freedom and the triumph of the human spirit. In contrast, the Red Location museum in New Brighton Township which was built after freedom was attained is surrounded by a community riddled with unemployment and poverty, to many this is a constant reminder of their oppression.