Munier has spent about 15 years of his career in and around Greenmarket Square.
It’s a stone’s throw from Newspaper House, where the Daily Voice and other Independent newspapers’ offices are.
But he used to be a regular on the Square long before that, in his
student and high school days.
Back in the 1990s, the Market was the place to be - it was a pop culture hub.
You could spend hours shopping or just browsing cool stuff.
Munier would pick up cheap T-shirts and jeans, caps and sunglasses.
You could find bargains at the second-hand CD and book stalls.
He even had his ears pierced there - both of them.
Most of the stalls sold locally-produced goods, which meant the market supported small companies and home businesses.
There were also “African” stalls selling souvenirs, art, crafts and jewellery.
It was a cultural melting pot where the cool crowd - from all walks of life - would hang out.
The shops, bars, restaurants and hotels around the market used to buzz - especially the Purple
Turtle, where live bands played in the evenings.
That was over 20 years ago, before City Councillor Badih Chaaban took over the Square and turned it into the tourist trap it is today - which is exclusively an African curio market catering only for foreigners.
The current market is a shadow of the bustling hub it once was.
But never, never, has it seen sadder days than the past five months, during the refugee occupation.
It started out as a demonstration in front of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ offices, with foreign African nationals decrying xenophobic violence and seeking asylum in Canada.
UGLY SCENES: Refugee families clash with cops
And it snowballed into a prolonged sit-in, where hundreds of people - men, women and children - camped out on the pavements.
Local bergies sommer moved into the neighbourhood too.
Yes, it was a terrible sight to see cold families huddled under plastic, children out of school and kicking around bottles on the cobblestone, and mothers cooking on coal fires outside the Methodist Church.
Yes, it was awful to witness mothers and children manhandled by law enforcement - but then again, those scenes broadcast on news bulletins round the world only served to highlight the refugees' cause.
It also became unbearable taking in the smell of rubbish and human waste in Burg, Longmarket and Shortmarket streets.
The general public didn’t want to be there, the traders and businesses were losing revenue, and Munier is pretty sure the refugees were gatvol of living on the street too.
It couldn’t go on like that, it was a health hazard, and eventually the courts did the right thing by allowing the City to step in and remove the squatters.
It was ridiculous for this to happen at all, on the iconic Greenmarket Square, whose rich history dates back to 1696.
Can you imagine Piccadilly Circus in London or Times Square in New York occupied for five months on end? It’s unheard of.
For the refugees, the struggle for human rights, security and asylum continues - but elsewhere.
Munier has said it before and he’ll say it again: Life is hard in South Africa.
So now life goes on in Greenmarket Square, the streets have been cleared and it’s back to business.
The City decided to kickstart the “revitalisation” of the Square by hosting a free concert there on Thursday night.
Some say it was insensitive: to celebrate the eviction of poor Africans from the city centre. Too soon.
But Munier sees it differently. He would like to see his beloved Square return to the wonderland it was in the ‘90s... ASAP.