Category: South Africa

The Jaws of Life

Some of us take to the sea like a duck to honey-glaze sauce. Some even profess that "hey, shoo, wow, I'm just so at one with the ocean man". Unfortunately this means we feel entitled to do whatever we like without being hindered by other creatures who live there. So what if they have fins,…
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January 14, 2010
Buffelsbaai, slap chips & shell tortoises

Buffels is such an under-rated beach holiday spot, can’t really call it a town. There’s that one all-purpose store on the beachfront, stocking everything from fishing gear to pots to sherbet straws to tortoises made from seashells.
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January 6, 2010
Possessions

* My jewellery. I house it all in an art supplies box. None of it is really valuable, but certain pieces are talismans of memory. The flower necklace my friend Leanne gave me. The Geraldine Fenn lion pendant my husband gave me for our first anniversary. The Fossil watch my parents gave me on my…
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December 17, 2009
The tyranny of the Christmas turkey

Every year at Christmas time, thousands of South Africans insist on cooking and eating a dry, less flavoursome chicken because “it’s traditional”. For most, it’s the only time of year they’ll eat the giant American bird. Why do people do this? We have our own giant flightless bird to eat. Ostrich meat is richer in…
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December 15, 2009