In Strange Fruit, ‘this sad, shadowy song about lynching in the South … history’s greatest jazz singer comes to terms with history itself’
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Secrets, lies, togetherness and apartheid: a true story
We shouldn’t be surprised … but we are
Plots, plans and scraps of old wood = a ‘gnu’ cabinet
More ministers, plenty more deputies as the ANC pleases everyone but gives up nothing
If only I knew then what I know now …
Of retrenchment, What Ifs and queue jumps … and a free, downloadable eboook
Cassidy’s Kombucha: A fizzy little tart of a mood booster
Call off the search! Our fabulous, delicious home-made kombucha is for sale
Secrets, lies, togetherness and apartheid
When Bo Peterson discovered that her father was not white she began writing the story to make sense of it
Twice-yearly jab 100% effective against HIV
New pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) drug holds great promise in context of 1.3 million new HIV infections globally in the past year
Let’s talk (about) Kiswahili, a language for all
The story of how a standard form of this global language was created in ‘moments of freedom and unfreedom, oppression and empowerment, official and unofficial knowledge production’
Bargain breaks in Cape Nature in July
Prices slashed for campsites and cottages in reserves in the Cape
Get a foot in the property door
Can’t afford to buy a home? Here is another way to own property
More media workers thrown to the wolves
Another round of redundancies … and an ebook to help the affected workers cope
Let’s move to SubStack?
I am leaving this old town, and hoping you will join me