I made a pilgrimmage up to Herbert Baker Street in Pretoria to photograph the famous white jacaranda trees. The flowers put on a show.

After an eight-month hiatus from mt #10SouthAfricanTowns project, I finally visited another town: Kaapsehoop in Mpumalanga.

The jacaranda trees in Joburg are blooming particularly late this year. In this post I will speculate in why.

From the Melville Cat: Good day, friends. I have sad news: This will be my final blog post. I am writing to you from Beyond. I don’t know where I’ve …

Last weekend I participated in the first-ever #SpazaShopTour in Katlehong and Thokoza. I think it was the beginning of something amazing.

It's September in Joburg, almost all the lockdown rules have eased, and I am suffering from a strange case of lockdown nostalgia.

Zoo Lake is one of the nicest and most popular parks in Joburg, yet somehow I haven't blogged about it for nearly ten years.

With my friends from the African Accent Spaza Shop, I'm helping to organize the first-ever Spaza Shop Tour in Katlehong and Thokoza.

Dear Americans in South Africa (and all over the world): This is the week to vote using the U.S. diplomatic pouch.

This weekend I went cycling in Soweto with a group of locals. Touriing Soweto has a totally different feel without international tourists.

Since Joburg's parks re-opened, the Melville Koppies central section has been holding open days every Sunday morning.

During my recent Joburg cycling tour, I briefly visited Mama Fifi at Bertrams Inner City Farm. It was so interesting, I had to go back.