Dear friends I woke on Tuesday to the news that the great Abdullah Ibrahim had passed on the day before. False Bay was wind-whipped; the Cape howling its grief. Bruised blue swells boomed off granite boulders, a marching band’s bass…
Good morning friends Thursday, 27 April, was South Africa’s Freedom Day. It commemorates South Africa’s first democratic election, held in 1994. Two weeks before that, on 10 April, we remembered Chris Hani who had been assassinated on that day, a…
Good morning friends Before we get started today, a few practical things. First, I won’t be writing to you next weekend. I will be taking a short break. Second, if like me, you find your body getting stiffer from too…
Over this week, I was reflecting on last week’s expressed intention to write about Wahbie Long’s Nation on the Couch. I was about to say to you that it felt like a heavy topic to be exploring in the second last month…