Elections – In My Words

A damaged democracy…

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 adminLife in South Africa

South Africa goes to the polls today as a damaged nation. Amidst the political rhetoric, mud-slinging, dirty slogans and plethora of promises in recent months, there’s been little focus on the daily battles of vulnerable[…]

Autumn in South Africa

Apr 14, 2019Apr 14, 2019 adminPolitics

It’s April in South Africa. The changes that sweep through naturally in Autumn are a sharp contrast to the changes that swept through our country – rather unnaturally – that April, 26 years ago. Like[…]

A time to register

Jan 20, 2019Jan 22, 2019 adminLife in South Africa

I spent some time re-connecting with my roots at the 1860 Heritage Centre in Durban a few days ago. And it couldn’t have happened at a more opportune time. It’s the first month of 2019[…]

AMANDLA AWETHU!

Feb 17, 2018 adminPolitics

This week, our country was held to ransom by the ANC. They are the ruling party after all. The masses voted them into power. And amidst all their rhetoric in recent years, they forgot about[…]