Jansen’s ‘My South Africa’
See http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/blog/my_south_africa_by_jonathan_jansen.html#
View ArticleLunar eclipse Wednesday evening 15th June
Remember there’s a total lunar eclipse on Wednesday 15th June. It starts at 8:22pm, is total from 9:21 pm to 11:02pm, and ends at 00:02am. It will be visible from all of Africa, although north-west...
View ArticleSouth African photgrapher Pieter Hugo wins young director award at Cannes
. Hugo and Cleary won the non-EU section of the music video category with their black-and-white video for Mathambo’s electronic cover version of Joy Division’s ‘She’s Lost Control’. Well worth watching...
View ArticleForde’s biography of Malema and the closing of Boekehuis
Yesterday Boekehuis hosted Mark Gevisser, Mbeki’s biographer, in conversation with Fiona Forde, Malema’s biographer. Mark engaged Fiona to expand on some of the issues raised in her biography of...
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A destination guesthouse: Satyagraha in Orchards
Ghandi's statue in Ghandi Square Central Joburg Ghandi’s philosphy of Satyagraha (non-violent non-cooperation) was born in South Africa and more specifically in what was then the Transvaal, in the...
View ArticleA new guide book on Gauteng
Sean Fraser who has written several travel and guide books, has just published one which covers Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria and surrounds. I have not seen it yet so am looking forward to browsing...
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Hafajee’s letter to Duduzile Zuma
Increased audience numbers due to the political response Would any of these viewers have photographed this painting if the comment from the Presidency had been ‘no comment’? Ferial...
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Liz at Lancaster reviewed in Frommer’s 2012 7th Edition South African Guide
Included in Frommer’s 2012 SA edition under Hyde Park and surrounds, Liz at Lancaster appears in the ‘moderate’ price category below Southern Sun Hotel Hyde Park. The moderate category seems a fairly...
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Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to get into the outdoors more often?
If one of your goals in 2013 is to take more time off and get fit while also getting into nature, then we have lots right on our doorstep in Joburg. I was sent the Friends of Kloofendal newsletter...
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Country fare down in the Natal Midlands
I was lucky enough to have a few days break a couple of weeks ago – my locum was free to step in here at Liz at Lancaster and friends in Southbroom down on the South Coast had agreed to have me to...
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Seeing South Africa by train
Guests from Australia who stayed recently at Liz at Lancaster had been around South Africa on the Shongololo Express. Shongololo is a colloquial South African word for a millipede. These creatures...
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For a great travel experience take the train from Joburg to Cape Town
We have had a number of guests who travel by rail either from Cape Town or down to Cape town. A recent guest wrote a review about the Shosholoza Premier Classe on Tripadvisor:...
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Who decides what makes a World Class African City?
There has been recent controversy around Joburg using the line ‘ A World Class African City’ in its advertising and marketing. I came across Michael Clark’s article – brief but interesting – around...
View ArticleWatch the evening sky over the next couple of weeks
Watch Mercury overtaking Venus early evenings this week As it starts to get dark, look over to the west for the very bright “evening star” – Venus. Venus is so bright it can be seen in twilight. As...
View ArticleArt and science meet at the Post Office
The stars, planets and the night skies have fascinated and inspired the South African artist Marcus Neustetter over the past few years. He has collaborated with Bronwen Findlay on an arts...
View ArticleFinger in the air: Where do you want to go?
Getting around Joburg without your own car is a challenge. For more on this see http://www.lizatlancaster.co.za/info/transport.html. However, various initiatives and infrastructural developments...
View ArticleAn iconic sculpture of an iconic man
I have had the privilege of knowing Marco Cianfanelli since he was a Fine Arts and Art History student at Wits many years back and have followed his career with great interest. I was of course well...
View ArticleMore on South Africa’s ’12th official language’
A couple of years back I wrote a blog about using minibus taxis to get around Joburg and the kind of local knowledge that is required to do so. See...
View ArticleBesides having one of the best climates in the world, Jozi has much to offer …
Wow! what is it with Jozi at the moment? So much positive press from all sorts of different quarters. From no 1 cycle route, to an up-and-coming art hub to a new spin on the level of violence – Joburg...
View ArticleWhatever you are, be a good one
The recent ‘#FeesMustFall’ campaign got me thinking yet again about the role of University education, entrepreneurial career paths, the importance of artisanal skills and trades, and practical...
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