Wander & Wonder - Flying Cows of Jozi

February 19, 2016February 28, 2023From Josine's desk, Wander & Wonder

Site of activists past and present

Soon after I moved to this part of the city centre I realised that activism, like social and economic turbulence, is not at all a thing of South Africa’s past.

August 14, 2015March 7, 2023From Josine's desk, Wander & Wonder

Guardian angels

It was quite an adventure to be stuck on Nelson Mandela Bridge without any petrol. Then guardian angels appeared in the form of JMPD officers.

July 23, 2015March 7, 2023From Josine's desk, Wander & Wonder

Urban Kindness

Observing kindness in action at 7am at a busy Joburg CBD intersection with the traffic lights out of order gave a special shine to my day.

May 28, 2015February 28, 2023From Josine's desk, Wander & Wonder

The men left standing

Last April the homeless men who I consider my night time neighbours are chased from the sidewalk by the police. Conversations with LHR restore their dignity.

May 15, 2015March 7, 2023From Josine's desk, Wander & Wonder

Love in Wine

Battling my way home through Friday afternoon traffic, I decide it makes much more sense to break away and stop for a […]