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Living in SA: April 2016

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Identity Crisis in Perthfontein? 8220;We call it Perthfontein,” said the son of a friend. “And don’t think that you can use Afrikaans to talk behind anyone’s back in the mall,” he added, “they might well understand you! Which ends in – fontein. The malls have only recently been allowed to trade on Sundays. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Identity Crisis in Perthfontein? The Writers' College Blog. How to Blog like a BOSS. Roasted Peach and Tomato Salsa. Matte Red Lips and a Purple Carry-On.

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Living in SA: August 2016

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The Keeper of the Kumm. This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair,. No place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. Hat is how civilisations heal. Sylvia Vollenhoven has been hard at work helping us to heal. I saw her plays My Word, Redesigning Buckingham Palace. At the Baxter a while ago. The former went on to London’s West End, garnering four stars from The Times of London. The deeply autobiographical story crosse...

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Living in SA: A letter to my American friends a week after their elections

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A letter to my American friends a week after their elections. I try to hide my head in the sand – why should I care about American politics when Americans seem to care only about themselves? How is it possible that someone who openly supports racism and sexism and blatantly spouts hate-speech can have the support of more than 50 million people? Have we learnt nothing from history? Nothing of civil rights and segregation and hatred and war and violence from your past? First they came for the socialists an...

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Living in SA: Che Guevara of Bonteheuwel

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Che Guevara of Bonteheuwel. Http:/ actionkommandant.co.za/tag/nadine-cloete/. Nadine Cloete is a young South African film-maker on a mission to balance the stories about gangsters, drugs and crime, emanating from the Cape Flats. Judging by the sold out premiere at the V& A’s Cinema Nouveau theatre last night, with people begging to be let in to sit on the steps for the showing of her latest documentary, people want to hear what she has to say. The film which debuted at the Seattle Film Festival earlier t...

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Matte Red Lips and a Purple Carry-On: The Sacred Valley Project

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Matte Red Lips and a Purple Carry-On. Thursday, 24 December 2015. The Sacred Valley Project. At the inauguration of the girls' bathroom, we hung a bottle of champagne from the door frame and Rolando, our leader, broke it - which is seen as a blessing of the bathroom, and always used to be done with. The Sacred Valley Project is important, because it is ensuring that young, indigenous girls in Peru have the right to education and equal opportunities to boys from the same communities. Girl on a Gap. Lipsti...

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Living in SA: December 2015

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Photo taken at District Six Museum 2015. I am reading William Pick’s The Slave has Overcome. I remember having great difficulty as a third year student on my first psychiatry placement at Valkenberg Hospital in the coloured ward where a mix of neurotic and psychotic patients had been dumped together because of a lack of facilities. My supervisor sympathised with me but said her hands were tied because I couldn’t be placed in the white ward at Groote Schuur Hospital. Links to this post.

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Living in SA: Memories of a trip to Madiba's village

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Memories of a trip to Madiba's village. I was surprised by how undeveloped the area was. In his autobiography, A Long Walk to Freedom. Mandela speaks fondly of his childhood in Qunu – swimming in the river, stick-fighting with his friends, tending sheep and drinking milk straight from cows’ udders. I was sure not much had changed since then. Qunu, where the family took refuge after Mandela’s father was deposed as chief, is right next door to his birthplace, Mvezo. Opened in July 2014].

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Living in SA: November 2015

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Relate Bracelets - Making a Difference. There’s a rhythm to threading beads which I had to learn this morning – 4-1-1-1, 4-1-1-1, and so on. I sat down and started threading without making sure that my beads were in the right order and pretty soon I had made a mistake. Luckily, I was sitting in-between two experts, who quickly showed me the secret. The finished product in aid of Masikhule. Younger experts putting the bracelets together. But back to the threading room. to end off, the gogos and tatas.

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Living in SA: Down Under

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The Great Barrier Reef. File:Great Barrier Reef 015 (5390533959).jpg Great Barrier Reef 015 (5390533959)]. Much of my knowledge seems to come from local television in the mid-70s…like programmes on the marvels of The Great Barrier Reef, and does anyone remember The Rolf Harris Show? PS Just in case I lose my sense of humour, I have packed a copy of Bill Bryson's Down Under. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Writers' College Blog. How to Blog like a BOSS. Roasted Peach and Tomato Salsa.