In a situation not half as confusing but not as simple as it appears either, South Africa is making the news with miners strike going bad, police shooting and politicians using the situation to pay back other politicians for past actions.
It had potential for turning very bad when J. Malema went to the military and a state of emergency was declared before he managed to start a riot within the military....but then again on this continent, maybe more than anywhere else, anything has a potential to turn bad quickly.
Friday, September 14, 2012
The world has gone crazy.....or is it: the world is staying crazy
Ok, this time I am seriously confused!
US, German and UK embassies!?!?!?! what do they have to do with anything?!?!
It is actually hard to figure who is manipulating and who is being manipulated in this all thing.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
I know my last visit to Swaziland was a few months back but I am thinking about it because I am planning another trip to Swazi.
So here are a few photos, a summary of a sort of why I want to go back.
At night there is a spot where you can get really close to the hippos in the evening. This is what it looks like with a small, old digital camera. but when you are there and can hear them breath etc it is pretty cool. A lot cooler than it looks in these photos. They really are about 5 metres away from where you can stand and there is just a little stone wall between you and then. However they cannot climb walls so you are safe.
Sunsets! And now it is thunder-storm time of the year so there should be some spectacular clouds.
So here are a few photos, a summary of a sort of why I want to go back.
At night there is a spot where you can get really close to the hippos in the evening. This is what it looks like with a small, old digital camera. but when you are there and can hear them breath etc it is pretty cool. A lot cooler than it looks in these photos. They really are about 5 metres away from where you can stand and there is just a little stone wall between you and then. However they cannot climb walls so you are safe.
Sunsets! And now it is thunder-storm time of the year so there should be some spectacular clouds.
Sunday, September 09, 2012
Feel good piece of news
How often do you read the news and feel good about it. I tell you, it does not happen to me very often, but here is a bit of "feel good" news.
Arts Alive Festival 2012 in Johannesburg
From Saturday 1st to today Sunday 9th Johannesburg had the Arts Alive Festival. It included Jazz on the Lake which every year takes place at Zoo Lake. The Festival had some great shows, music, theater, dance etc. Unfortunately I was way busy with "stuff" but today I did catch a show.
I caught a dance show at Museum Africa called "Afternoon at a Foehn". Honestly the title has nothing to do with anything that I could tell but it was a FABULOUS show. It was clever, funny, poetic, imaginative etc etc. I loved it.
Here is a photo from the Arts Alive site.
I caught a dance show at Museum Africa called "Afternoon at a Foehn". Honestly the title has nothing to do with anything that I could tell but it was a FABULOUS show. It was clever, funny, poetic, imaginative etc etc. I loved it.
Here is a photo from the Arts Alive site.
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
First thunder storm of the year, it should be summer in Johannesburg
I know it is just the weather but still.
Johannesburg has dry winters and "wet" summers. Don't go picturing gentle rainy summer days. What is meant by "wet summers" is summers with fabulous thunder storms which build up from early afternoon and burst in the late afternoon.
Temperature wise it surely has been spring for a while now with warm days but cool nights.
Yesterday we had our first thunder storm, so surely this mean it is summer but somehow it does feel like summer since it is cold rain and last night we even had a serious hail storm.
I haven't look at the garden at the back of the cottage yet, but at the front the flowers have taken a beating. Listening to the hail stones pounding my metal roof last night I was thinking about the garden. I have been getting into gardening for the last 3 weeks. At the back of the cottage I have cherry tomatoes and basil. I have to leave for the day soon. I'll be back in the early afternoon. Since really there is nothing I can do, and it is still raining and thundering outside, I'll wait till I get back to go and see how they survived.
Johannesburg has dry winters and "wet" summers. Don't go picturing gentle rainy summer days. What is meant by "wet summers" is summers with fabulous thunder storms which build up from early afternoon and burst in the late afternoon.
Temperature wise it surely has been spring for a while now with warm days but cool nights.
Yesterday we had our first thunder storm, so surely this mean it is summer but somehow it does feel like summer since it is cold rain and last night we even had a serious hail storm.
I haven't look at the garden at the back of the cottage yet, but at the front the flowers have taken a beating. Listening to the hail stones pounding my metal roof last night I was thinking about the garden. I have been getting into gardening for the last 3 weeks. At the back of the cottage I have cherry tomatoes and basil. I have to leave for the day soon. I'll be back in the early afternoon. Since really there is nothing I can do, and it is still raining and thundering outside, I'll wait till I get back to go and see how they survived.
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