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40 000 South Africans, one journey around Africa
Jolandie Rust is about to bicycle 40,000 km around Africa. Sponsor one of those kilometres.
Category: People
Summer, sun, sapphire blue waters and figs
Fatima Jakoet heads to Hermanus to enjoy a glorious late summer day by the sea and eat some figs.
The “Less Space” Diski Dance lesson
By Mongezi Mtati on Mar 04, 2010 in 2010, Contributors, Creativity, Events, Featured, Mongezi Mtati, People
Who knew you could do the Diski Dance from your desk and get some practice before embarrassing yourself in public. If you have two left feet that is.
Football Fever is Real!
I start to relax and look out the window at my fellow, and sister, motorists. For the first time I notice the beautiful colours of their various football shirts. Brazil, Spain and Portugal are among the favourites.
Matt. Dancing Madly. Here.
Mondays are like any other day as long as I get to do what I love and that is flying. Today however, is different as great excitement looms in my airspace. I am about to meet Matt and see him in action.
You Make Joburg Great
By Mongezi Mtati on Jan 11, 2010 in Creativity, Events, Featured, Mongezi Mtati, People, Perspectives
When I first heard about You Make Joburg Great (YMJG) on Facebook, it struck me as an interesting and interactive concept. We took a moment to chat to Dean who is know as the brains behind it.
What inspired YMJG?
Several reasons really. While Cape Town and other international cities have several obvious assets that make them [...]
An Ode to Newlands, Cricket and the Mountain
By mspr1nt on Jan 09, 2010 in Ant Sims, Events, Featured, Observations, People, Perspectives, Places
Once a year Cape Town locals are treated to a great Test match at Newlands and 2010 kicked off with a bang as South Africa and England came out to play.
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!
Final Draw, Final Straw
Our intrepid correspondent sets out to party hearty at the FIFA World Cup draw in Cape Town on December 5, but ends up feeling like a Hobbit.
Diverse culture
How do we educate ourselves on the diverse cultures that surround us, asks contributor Mongezi Mtati.
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.
Iziko South African Museum
I love idling away hours in the museum. I visit so often that I know the floor plan by heart. I’m always amazed that I learn something new with each visit.
Kite Surfer’s Paradise
Talk in town has it that the Dutch, Swiss, Germans, Russians, and well, kite surfers from all over the world love it here in Cape Town
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.”
Company Gardens Pulls Up Its Socks
The Gardens, a haven situated at the top of Adderley Street, has been a sanctuary for the city’s overheated and overworked people for over 200 years…
South African Attitude
One of the things I admire about South African’s is our tenacity and innovative spirit. I think that is one of the reasons why South Africans are generally sought after as employees internationally.
Leaving the great indoors
A South African returns after six years in Silicon Valley “to find a place where you can get your hands dirty and help build a nation with limitless potential”.
Reflecting on South Africa
Dwight “Superman” Howard, star centre for the Orlando Magic of America’s National Basket Association visited South Africa earlier this year under the aegis of Basketball Without Borders. In addition to making the video above, he blogged movingly about it here. “Rich at heart and rich in spirit” is how he describes the new friends he [...]
Trading Up, Ubuntu-style
By Mongezi Mtati on Nov 12, 2009 in Contributors, Featured, Mongezi Mtati, People, Solutions, Ubuntu
Ubuntu – together were are more than we are apart – is being put to the test by two South Africans without cash.
He sells seashells on the seashore…
There is so much to do in Cape Town that choosing where to go on a sunny day can be daunting. We have just had one of those beautiful weekends and so many options lay before me that I only started moving by late afternoon.
Reaching for the Sky
If you’re still having trouble believing South Africa is alive with possibility, meet Fatima Jakoet, poet, MBA, forensic scientist, pilot of 737’s. She stells her story here. You’ll probably want to stick around and read the rest of her blog, as well. And where you’re done there, she has another.
