Parks as sites of activism In addition to being places of leisure and recreation, parks and public spaces are containers of values, bounded spaces of inclusion and exclusion, sites of political, social and cultural activism whether overtly or by default. During the 1980s in the height of Apartheid repression people’s parks in South Africa were […]
Read More »The Selfish Giant The Fringe Joburg Theatre 24 -26 August There are 6 performances of The Selfish Giant from 24th to 26th August. This narrated ballet is based in Oscar Wilde’s bitter-sweet tale of transformation. The garden’s birds, fruit and flowersare performed by the Johannesburg Youth Ballet while the story is narrated by the inimitable […]
Read More »Several families who are adopting a child have come to stay at Liz at Lancaster. They are among our most favourite guests because it is SUCH a privilege to share in the joy of the challenging, uplifting, exciting time of the new ‘forever-home’. Imagine being in an institution for the first couple of years of […]
Read More »The Field and Study Centre, Parkmore Many decades ago I would join friends with a bottle of wine, some bread and cheese, and a blanket for a chilled Sunday late-afternoon/early-evening picnic on the banks of the spruit at the Field and Study Centre in Parkmore. I hadn’t been back since then, so was delighted when […]
Read More »Irene Dairy Farm, a working dairy farm 45 minutes from Liz at Lancaster, has been in the Van Der Byl family for 5 generations. In the past people could go to the diary to buy milk but now the farm is opened up as a country destination with 2 restaurants and a shop (where you can still buy milk but not at 45c per gallon!) It is also now a very popular conference and wedding venue.
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