Guests sometimes ask ‘Why the acorn logo?’ and ‘Why did you start a B&B?’ In 1994, when I was still teaching at Wits, (I left Wits in 2005), I went to a conference held at North Western University in Chicago. There were some 20 South Africans and we were accommodated in various B&Bs within walking […]
Read More »I had a meeting to chat with the Glenda Moore the CEO of the Bryanston Organic Market about the exciting new developments with their on-line shopping portal. While wandering around the market I came across GreenPunk’s stall. And there was the ultimate Purple Hat and memories of that fabulous tour through the different ages of […]
Read More »Human ancestory: fraught with complexity Africa and South Africa in particular, have been the site and source of many ground-breaking finds of our human ancestory. The world of paleontology is fiercely competitive with specialists arguing about classifications – where are humankind’s roots? Hominin or hominid? the transition from ape to man; dating; new species, etc. […]
Read More »2108 FADA Alumni Exhibition until 17th August Currently showing at the FADA Gallery at the University of Johannesburg Bunting Road campus, is the most remarkable exhibition – a real must-see. It shows major works from the Keiskamma Art Project many of which have been exhibited in South Africa and around the world in significant […]
Read More »Last week I wrote about our #JoziWalks tour of Orlando, Soweto on Saturday 19th with His and Hers Jams. The next day, Sunday I went off to Diepsloot to meet Lucky (aka Villah) Nkali of #BlackBikeProductions and his team #BikesMustRise for a cycling tour. We met at the Wot If Trust a women and youth […]
Read More »There are more places in Soweto than Vilakazi Street Which name is more famous when it comes to tourist and outsider awareness of Soweto: Vilakazi Street or Mooki Street? Have tourists even heard of James Mpanza? Do they know of Soweto’s early beginnings? Or are they simply aware of the ‘only street in the world […]
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 »If you received our 2018 newsletter, please ignore this post! I send out what is meant to be a festive season greeting once a year …. But I am never in time! This year our newsletter (to our data base of over 6000 people), went out part way through January. And the most rewarding aspect […]
Read More »‘Begin at the beginning, the King said, very gravely, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.’ (with thanks to Lewis Carroll) So I will do just that. When I visited The Wilds a month or so ago, (recently upgraded and rejuvenated … read 2 Summer’s post) right next to the carpark was […]
Read More »The 2017/2018 New York Met Opera season has just started and with it of course are the worldwide live screenings of the operas. Opera fans battle to get information on the local screenings at Cinema Nouveau, Rosebank as Sterkinekor no longer has a dedicated section/page for the opera season on their website. There have been lots […]
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