Self-contained units provide ideal social distancing Here are 10 reasons why Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse provides optimal accommodation for Level 3 and 2 stay overs Direct access from your car to your unit. No reception check-in, lifts or corridors. All rooms have separate entrances and enclosed private outdoor spaces Staff and management live on site […]
Read More »Please don’t treat South African citizens like fools You had us all on-side Mr President. Only yesterday I sung your praises. But then the Minister of Cooperative governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) announced the Level 4 Lockdown regulations due to come into effect tomorrow 1st May. The reversal of the lifting of the ban on […]
Read More »On Thursday 23rd April (4 weeks after Lockdown), President Ramaphosa addressed the nation to announce a phased relaxation of lockdown measures in South Africa. Nobody could give a more cogent response than Herman Le Roux in his Facebook post which has been dubbed “Saluting Our President“. I have copied it verbatim here: I just listened […]
Read More »Melandri’s message to others in Europe On day 3 of lockdown in South Africa (around 29th March) a piece from an Italian novelist was doing the rounds on social media. At that stage she had been on lockdown in Rome for 3 weeks and had written a letter to fellow Europeans, laying out the range […]
Read More »The post below however, is a bit of a cheat as it simply takes (word for word) a communication from Andrew Delmont, a financial Planner at Toro Financial Planners. And yes, I have his permission to use it – as my son, what else could he say to his mother but “Of course”! I hope […]
Read More »Maboneng Township Arts Experience with Jozi Walks May 2019 For three years running, over a May weekend, the Johannesburg Development Agency has organized Walk My Jozi #JoziWalks, a series of sponsored walking tours in partnership with local community activists, tourism entrepreneurs, walking-tour operators and heritage specialists. 2018 saw me exploring Orlando East with His and […]
Read More »These are challenging times for us all. Things are moving at such speed with COVID-I9. One of the things that has become apparent is that there might be households where families need to physically separate in order to protect at-risk individuals. But where to go for voluntary social distancing? Liz at Lancaster has set aside […]
Read More »Dance of the Dung Beetles by Marcus Byrne and Helen Lunn There is a lot that is special about this book – firstly it’s ‘an entomological page turner’ .. now that’s a first! Increasingly the meeting of art and science is becoming a hot topic in the academic arena and it is the highly unusual […]
Read More »Only in Africa would you zip-line 5 meters above the ground over huge Nile crocodiles! Crocodile and Reptile Park, Chartwell aka Croc City But this is just one aspect of Croc City Crocodile and Reptile Park. Started 16 years ago Anton and Marietjie Lötter as a commercial crocodile farm, the focus changed about 10 years […]
Read More »I think I’m just beginning to get smart when it comes to travel. At the end of last year I went away to the UK for just over a week. Admittedly I was staying with family, and in one place, and where English is spoken, and with access to a washing machine, and with ‘everyday […]
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