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The games we played. 14. Kennetjie. (Pronounced “kennekee”)
THE GAMES WE PLAYED. Kennetjie – kennekee. It’s been a while since I wrote about the games we played. I’ve been asked to write again...
Aug 22, 20237 min read


How we lived 44. (Part 3): Bad times and good times in a Kwazulu / Zululand mission hospital.
Bilharzia, the world’s second commonest parasite after malaria, was common in Zululand. Intermediate snail hosts, carrying the parasite,...
Jul 26, 20236 min read


The way we lived. 43. (Part 2) Bad times and good times in a Kwazulu/Zululand mission hospital.
I must apologise for the long delay between Parts 1 and 2 , but the hold up is due to the festive season followed by a bit of COVID while...
May 30, 20236 min read


The way we lived. 42. (Part 1) Bad times and good times in a Kwazulu/Zululand mission hospital.
My three years in Zululand, now Kwazulu, were both the best of times and the worst of times professionally; socially or personally, it...
May 30, 20234 min read


The way we lived. 41. (Part 4) My time at a Revolutionary High School – Livingstone 1964.
Apartheid; South Africa Cape Town; Pass Laws. Notable events in 1964. June 1964 Rivonia Trial ends; Mandela, Mbeki, Sisulu, Goldberg,...
Jan 5, 20236 min read


The way we lived. 40. (Part 3) My time at a Revolutionary High School – Livingstone 1963.
Part 3. 1963 – heading toward my Senior Certificate. April 1963. Ninety-day Detention Law allowed imprisonment for ninety days without...
Sep 4, 20227 min read


The way we lived. 39. (Part 2) My time at a Revolutionary High School – Livingstone 1960-1964.
Apartheid, Cape Town, Livingstone High School, Segregation, South Africa, Table Mountain Part 2: 1961 and 1962 – “quiet years” heading...
Jul 18, 20225 min read


The way we lived. 38. (Part 1) My time at a Revolutionary High School – Livingstone 1960-1964.
Apartheid, Cape Town, Livingstone High School, Segregation, South Africa My alma mater, Livingstone High School (LHS), certainly...
Jun 10, 20226 min read


The way we lived. 37. (Part 3) Seven+ square kilometres of heroes.
Apartheid f. Natural deaths 1. Doris Ramona Street is tucked away in the top NW corner as part of Steve Biko crescent. This political...
May 30, 20228 min read
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