A South African Arts & Culture Magazine
Beaufort West, a Karoo town, was named after Henry Somerset 5th duke of Beaufort, father of Lord Charles Somerset the then governor of the Cape Colony. It is the centre of a sheep farming and agricultural area and became the…
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He slipped away quietly two weeks ago without a single mention in local media despite the fact that he was the real doyen of black South African journalism and one of its finest wordsmiths. Only the Sowetan carried a 31-word…
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There are currently many initiatives dominating social media platforms which deal with the challenge facing girls in impoverished communities who remain out of school due to a lack of adequate feminine protection products. This has long been a need and…
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JOSHUA PENNY was an American who had been conscripted into the British Navy. Aboard ship he arrived at Cape Town 1795/6 at the height of the first British Occupation of the Cape. He jumped ship fled into the interior returned…
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At the 24th Cape Town International Kite Festival in Muizenberg on 27 & 28 October kiters from around the world will be proudly flying incredible kites in support of Cape Mental Health. With tickets just R40 pp (or R15 for…
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don’t speak to me of silence unheard of unsound highway to hellhole behind me smell the hellhole ahead silence does not live here neither does sleep don’t speak of gang violence if you don’t live in it politicians make me…
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SPORTING ACTIVITIES Many South Africans are sport enthusiasts – sports that have evolved from mostly western European countries. But in recent years indigenous sports have come to the attention of the general public. In September 2003 promotion of the first…
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The culture of using eating utensils is an interesting one. Perhaps not one to which we give much attention to as to how knives, spoons and forks eventually reached our tables. Food is a basic activity with human fingers being…
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“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” – Nelson Mandela As I…
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