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Rough bricks, soft hands and hope
Chez Pool finds nothing soothes the soul like hard labour on a construction site with Habitat for Humanity.
Category: Lives
One School At A Time with Pepe Marais
By Mongezi Mtati on Aug 26, 2010 in 2010, Creativity, Events, Lives, Observations, People, Perspectives, Solutions, Ubuntu
One South African, Pepe Marais, has been interested in changing the face of education for a while now. If you think that is a tall order for one person, that makes two of us, says Mongezi.
A therapeutic hike
Mongezi meets stroke survivor George Scola, who is celebrating life by walking from Beit Bridge to the Cape.
“There is love in our country…”
By Mongezi Mtati on Jul 30, 2010 in 2010, Events, Featured, Lives, Mongezi Mtati, People, Perspectives, Places, Ubuntu
Sonja Kruse encounters the heartbeat of South Africa as she walks across the country and finds the spirit of ubuntu wherever she goes.
William Kentridge profiled on CNN
CNN’s Robyn Curnow talks to the Johannesburg artist about his work, which is making waves from the Louvre in Paris to the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Smitten
Welcome a new blogger to BSA Blog. Marieke Smits, from Holland and staying on after the World Cup, says her Dutch friends, once skeptical about her decision to move to SA, are now clamouring to get here.
Chilz of joy
Banele Lukhele heads home after a couple of months in the US at part of the South Africa Washington Internship Programme. Absence, as they say, makes the heart grow fonder.
A ripple in the ocean of hope
As a proud member of the youth of South Africa in 2010, writes Banele Lukhele, I stand and shout to all around the world that I am a ripple in the ocean of hope, I am a young South African and I stand for the development of my generation and those to follow.
Cobus hits the world with his rhythm sticks
By Mongezi Mtati on May 31, 2010 in Contributors, Creativity, Featured, Lives, Mongezi Mtati, People
Cobus Potgieter, 23, is the most subscribed to South African on You Tube. This youngster from East London started like everyone else with homemade videos. He is now a great sensation.
Giving me the shirt off his back
The kindness of a typical South African imbued with the spirit of ubuntu saves Nadine Khan from the the fashion gaffe of not wearing her Bafana shirt on Friday.
Shoebox TV
We are seduced by the world of instant gratification. So much so, that my nephews find it hard to believe that their Dad and I grew up without a television in our household.
The life of a student at exam time
Banele’s diary part II. 19:00 on the 10 May 2010 my friend, Mokgadi, and I decide to make ourselves a warm cup of coffee to get ourselves into the studying mood.
Banele’s Diary
Banele Lukhele is studying law at Stellenbosch University in the Western Cape. Today we are proud to run the first instalment of the online diary she’ll be writing for BSA blog.
The Sound of Cape Town in the Morning
Unafraid to push boundaries, Nigel and his team — sports and news presenters Brandon Baatjies and Sandra Rosenberg and Knobbo “the sidekick” — set out to wake up the city with all sorts of crazy antics and discussions.
A Morning in Soweto with Nomsa
Just before Christmas, I received an e-mail from Nomsa Sindani. She was back in South Africa after spending six years in the UK working as a nurse. She had seen South Africa portrayed in numerous television documentaries and was not happy with the depiction. They “showed mostly the bad side”, she said. Now that [...]
Wired
IMC’s Nadine Khan meets a menagerie of wire and bead animals on her lunch break and talks to its creators.
Rock solid neighbourhood
By Fatima Jakoet on Jan 08, 2010 in Contributors, Fatima Jakoet, Featured, Lives, People, Perspectives
I look not too far down our road and make a mental calculation of the cumulative years of marriage of my seven immediate neighbours and come up with surprisingly huge number of 180 years!
A Contributor’s Carrot is Grated
I am a huge fan of technology, writes Ms. Print. I Tweet, I Facebook, I blog, I work for a website, I Digg, I Twitpic and, occasionally, I even format my hard drive. But.
Eight (grumpy) reasons to work over Xmas
There is always a bright side to everything so here are a few reasons to enjoy working over the Xmas period.
Flying with the dreamers
This is by far my favourite time of the year! Perfect summer days flying into Cape Town with Table Mountain visual miles before we commence our descend into the city.
Romance is all around Cape Town
Undoubtedly the most romantic, joyful and exciting day in a couple’s life is their wedding day.
Inspired
By Nadine Khan on Dec 13, 2009 in Art, Creativity, Events, Featured, Lives, Nadine Khan, Observations, People
I challenge you to take a fresh look at our amazing Mzanzi. Go on a journey, find the possibilities and who knows you might just like Kahn Morbee – “.. be thinking of a time I felt inspired.”
Cape Quarter Cool
Shana Kay explores the new Cape Quarter shopping centre rather than face rush hour traffic and is glad she did.
A tailor’s daughter from Wellington
My Dad was the town tailor. He must have been good at what he did because everyone came to him for their suits for that special occasion.
