During the Seventies and Eighties, there was an upmarket shopping centre on Main Street called the Constantia Centre. It was where Pier 14 is now. In my mind it will always be distinguished by being the location of the first set of escalators I ever saw, and for a spectacular […]
“Coming in to Joburg. Sandton swimming pools and Soweto shacks…”Like the song says, it’s the main thing you notices flying in to jan Smuts. Or Joburg International, or whatever it’s called now.What’s it now? Three years I’ve been away. I figured I’d take a bus down to PE from Joburg. […]
As a young boy of four years old, I remember getting my first lesson in African history from my mother, who was born and raised in the Transkei. Why, I had asked her, do black people all have to work for white people? It’s because, my mom explained to me, […]