A look into mixed perspectives from all over Johannesburg in South Africa
Cry the Beloved Country. What do we do in times like this? Watch the news to keep abreast? Weep for those small businesses and informal traders who have lost everything; for all those who will lose their jobs; for the further disruption of the vaccine roll-out; for the possible shortage of oxygen, essential medications, and […]
Read More »Perch Perch: “to sit on or near the edge”; “a temporary resting place”. An apt name for the short-term flexible office space at 37 Bath Ave Rosebank Office spaces have undergone radical transformations since the late 20th Century. Open-plan, collaborative spaces, flexibility, cutting edge design all have currency at the moment and nowhere is this […]
Read More »Craighall Park has it all I’ve blogged often about Craighall Park and its surrounds and what a great area it is to live. Craighall Park is a wonderful mix of rural country, suburban tranquility and urban convenience. How many Joburg suburbs have a nursery, horseriding, vegetable gardens and a spruit (or stream) running right through the […]
Read More »Liz at Lancaster or Liz@Lancaster? To all our wonderful guests, friends and family and those who are connected with Liz at Lancaster in some way 24 years ago I started Liz at Lancaster (with one room), and before communication via email was commonplace, I did not realize what confusion the ‘at’ in the establishment name […]
Read More »African Independent Churches [AIC] Continued: Pentecostal, Apostolic and Charismatic Churches Well, I’ve kinda worked out the difference between the Ethiopian Church in SA and Christian Zionism. But who are the many independent churches? Those who worship in small groups in so many of our parks and open spaces, be they high places like Melville Koppies or […]
Read More »In a previous blog I looked at the origins and differences between Ethiopianism as compared to the Independent Churches like Christian Zionism and Pentecostalism. But even within the latter 2 movements there are also differences and divergences. The Zion Christian Church ( ZCC) is one of the largest African initiated churches in southern Africa. The church’s headquarters are […]
Read More »What is the connection between Ethiopianism in South Africa and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Ethiopia? If any of you have ever thought about the connection between the Ethiopian Church in South Africa and the main church in Ethiopia: the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, you have a more inquiring mind than I do! (Nearly half […]
Read More »Recycling in Joburg A couple of years ago I wrote about recycling, a post which focused primarily on the working circumstances of the informal recyclers in parts of Johannesburg. Very gradually, and way too slowly it seems, the general public is waking up […]
Read More »A rare opportunity to visit this special place in the Cradle of Humankind Do you know what a folly is (apart from various current heads of state)? And what is a potager? This is your chance to find out. And at the same time you […]
Read More »The Making of Triumphs and Laments Woodcuts: Mantegna, The Flood, and Lampedusa I was fortunate enough to have seen Kentridge’s monumental mural on the banks of the Tiber in Rome last year. So I was very excited to see the 3 huge woodcuts based on images from this Rome mural and now on exhibition at David Krut projects in […]
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