US bloggers are heading to SA and will join forces with two of South Africa's best, Ndumiso Ngcobo of Thoughtleader and Nick Haralambous of SA Rocks to record their impressions in words, images and sound on a whirlwind tour of SA "firsts". Read more about it here.SA Magic Makes Another Believer
Kevin Desouza, an Assistant Professor in the Information School at the University of Washington, and blogger, has just wrapped up a stint as a visiting professor at the University of Witwatersrand
The Big Picture
The Brand South Africa team paints a picture
Why I'm Staying
A Johannesburg doctor talks about his love for the country and why he has no plans to leave
November 3rd, 2008 izwi Posted in Nature No Comments »
Chris Rowan, a British geologist doing post-doctoral work at the University of Johannesburg, is fascinated by our old rocks. “My geological instincts, honed back in the UK where ‘Precambrian’ is almost a synonym for fubarite, have always been somewhat dizzied by my many encounters in the past couple of years with rocks that have hung around for 2 or 3 billion years with nothing much happening to them.” Cape Town offered some relief. There old rocks really do look old.
