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...

Bilharzia, the world’s second commonest parasite after malaria, was common in Zululand. Intermediate snail hosts, carrying the parasite,...

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...

My three years in Zululand, now Kwazulu, were both the best of times and the worst of times professionally; socially or personally, it...

Apartheid; South Africa Cape Town; Pass Laws. Notable events in 1964. June 1964 Rivonia Trial ends; Mandela, Mbeki, Sisulu, Goldberg,...

Part 3. 1963 – heading toward my Senior Certificate. April 1963. Ninety-day Detention Law allowed imprisonment for ninety days without...

Apartheid, Cape Town, Livingstone High School, Segregation, South Africa, Table Mountain Part 2: 1961 and 1962 – “quiet years” heading...

Apartheid, Cape Town, Livingstone High School, Segregation, South Africa My alma mater, Livingstone High School (LHS), certainly...

Apartheid f. Natural deaths 1. Doris Ramona Street is tucked away in the top NW corner as part of Steve Biko crescent. This political...

(The highlighted names of people or events are those with streets named after them in Philippi’s Weltevreden Valley North.) c. Deaths...

This Google satellite view of the Cape Peninsula sets the scene for my latest blog. The highlighted red spot is a bit below the middle of...

I always liken the Cape Peninsula to a slightly flexed, and mountain-knobbed index finger sticking out into the Atlantic Ocean from...

Having recently written about District 6 followed by a blog on the Pass Laws, I thought about what were the worst laws of several which...

The march from Langa township caused high tension in Cape Town with the unprecedented masses marching into the city where police lined...

The fairest Cape in the world? This 2016 photo of mine from one of the fine Viaduct dockside restaurants is part of the reason Sir...

I was born in Claremont, which, eventually was zoned for Whites only. We moved, and I grew up in Lansdowne – later also changed to Whites...

Devil’s Peak, Table Mountain, Lion’s Head and Signal Hill have been the centuries-old witnesses to dramatic moments in Cape Town, South...

Here’s hoping COVID-19 has not seriously affected you or your loved ones over the last few weeks. Hope is on the horizon as the vaccine...

PRELUDE: 2021 has just begun, and COVID continues to dominate our news and our lives. As we celebrate the vaccinations currently...

PRELUDE: Corona virus continues to ravage the world. With so many at risk elsewhere, one could almost feel guilty living in New Zealand...

I grew up in Dale Street, Lansdowne. We were not wealthy. Neither were we poor. By the standards of the day, we were comfortable and...

It’s been about two months of lockdown here in Australia. Partial opening up will be interesting. How big will the second wave last?...

Many popular street games were cheap. They had to be; money was tight in the townships. For our games, the tins, sticks and balls...

In these stressed COVID days, I’ve opted for some lighter fare by updating some of my earlier posts, especially related to the games we...