Life in South Africa – Page 3

The school run

Sep 21, 2021Sep 21, 2021 adminLife in South Africa

I did the school run more than four times in the past week. Brave, right? It must be the 5G that made me do it! Yes, I’m finally fully vaxxed and feeling slightly less apprehensive.[…]

Serendipity

Sep 5, 2021Sep 6, 2021 adminLife in South Africa

Noun – “An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident” as defined by yourdictionary.com Life is a series of serendipitous moments… moments that spring up amid the mundane; moments that[…]

“Over the Rainbow”

Apr 25, 2021 adminLife in South Africa

We need to support local. There’s something special about supporting a local establishment, product or service business because there’s more heart than profits that’s the motivation behind it. Professionally, I have profiled many small businesses[…]

Trauma, Truth and Tears

Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021 adminLife in South Africa

Tell the truth and shame the devil. Nothing is more important than the truth. The truth will set you free. These are sayings we know and use in daily conversations. As a journalist, the[…]

Books, Bollywood and Blogging – with credits to Chetan Bhagat

Jan 31, 2021Jan 31, 2021 adminEntertainment

I love reading books – that’s no secret. I have many cupboards brimming with books. And that’s only because I had to dismantle my bookshelf in our childhood home when my parents moved out. For[…]

Comfort

Jan 24, 2021Jan 24, 2021 adminLife in South Africa

A search of the word “comfort” will tell you that it comes from the Latin word comfortare, which means “strengthen greatly.” A dictionary definition will tell you it means to ease the mood of or restore[…]

Steadfast

Dec 30, 2020Jan 5, 2021 adminLife in South Africa

I shared this picture on my WhatsApp status recently. It is a depiction of Goddess Durga who is revered in Hinduism for her powers of protection, her strength and her determination to overcome evil. “She[…]

Diwali Giveaway

Oct 2, 2020Oct 2, 2020 adminLife in South Africa

I have never been one to follow anything blindly. I have always loved asking questions as a child, and more so an adolescent. Clearly the journalist in me was born way before I realised that[…]

Being three

Jun 19, 2020Jun 19, 2020 adminLife in South Africa

In the fields, we would laugh and play, Enjoying the warmth of the winter’s day. We’d lay on our backs In delight, What a wonderful sight! Clouds as soft as cotton candy Some pink, others[…]

It’s okay to be not okay…

Jun 17, 2020Jun 17, 2020 adminLife in South Africa

Mums, dads, grandparents and guardians… are you okay? I mean really, are you okay? Between the online schooling, home cleaning, cooking, those heaps of laundry AND working from home, are you okay? Maybe… it’s a[…]