A bar of Sunlight
On my way back from shopping at the Kerk Street market in Johannesburg I receive an unexpected gift.
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Go well Lambropoulis family, we will miss you in town!
Over the past eight years the Lambropoulis family built City Perk Café into a vibrant inner city landmark. We wish them well, but they will be sorely missed.
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Laughter warms a cold Jozi day
Things are not what they seem in my encounter on this cold Jozi day and when I realise that laughter echoes in Trader’s Alley.
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Send Flying Cows to the rescue!
Invest in Flying Cows to the rescue! missions to guide rural teachers in the use of the online Siyavula platform to improve their learners’ results in STEM.
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Papa’s legacy and quizzical city strolling
When I began wandering the city and wondering about the buildings, people and sights I encountered, I found myself channeling Papa and chatting to passers-by.
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The Flying Cows of Jozi – the story of our origins
The Flying Cows of Jozi story is about following your dreams, finding connection in unexpected places and about Jozi, the city that grows your heart and horizon.
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Our community: Enduring entrepreneurs
I took the opportunity last week to find out a bit more about the origins of Gelvan’s Pharmacy and its long trading history from Mr Vallabh.
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City of wander, city of wonder
I love wandering in town with no goal or destination in mind, witnessing the sights, sounds and special encounters that for me spell Jozi.
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The plums that keep on giving
With my eye out for colour on my walk in town, I can’t miss the shiny red plums on offer and somehow a bag of them brings joy to many.
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Colourful Jozi
A quote by Rebecca Solnit in her ‘Wanderlust’ encouraged me to walk again and reconnected me with the vibe and colours that are very much part of life in Jozi.
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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.
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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.
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