Category: South Africa
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A developing multi-culturalism for South Africa – Rhythms of the Eastern Cape
Something special is happening in the Eastern Cape. Or at least, something special is happening at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown later this month/early next month: the beginnings of the disaggregation of the catch-all categories, that have plagued and defined South Africa’s history, into self-selected, fluid, fascinating groupings. For years (decades? generations?) South African…
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Backpackers fail: Banana Backpackers, Durban
South Africa has some excellent backpacker spots, in Cape Town and Joburg and I’m sure in Durban. Banana Backpackers is not one of them. My bus was nearly 2 hours late leaving East London. The trip was mostly uneventful except for that minor incident when some muppet on the side of the road threw a…
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Snapshot: Rural Eastern Cape
Drive out of King, towards Peddie, on the road I know so well. The road I used to travel to and from University every holiday for those years. And so often since. The road to Cape Town. The road to Grahamstown.The road home. Pass the turn off to the Steve Biko Garden of Remembrance and…