#History - 106 posts

For the past six years, I've been yearning to return to Bethulie and the Royal Hotel. I finally got the chance last month.

I took a walk around Diagonal St. to shop for fabric. We made many interesting discoveries, including MiniMark Wholesale.

We went for a Valentine's dinner at the Fireplace Roadhouse in Boksburg and it couldn't have been any more perfect.

I visited the Voortrekker Monument on 16 December, the Day of Reconciliation, a public holiday that used to be called the Day of the Vow.

Last week Gail and I spent a day driving around Lenasia with Faarooq, our charming friend who lived there as a young man.

I visited the Thokoza Memorial, a tribute to the people who died in political violence between the ANC and IFP parties in the 1990s.

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

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

Racism has been consuming my thoughts this weekend, and it's time for me to write a blog post about. It's my responsibility as a white person to do so.

Kameel, which means "camel" in Afrikaans, is a small farming community in North West province. It was the second stop on my #10SouthAfricanTowns tour.

Val, a tiny hamlet next to the railroad in South Africa's Mpumalanga province, was the first stop in my 2020 #10SouthAfricanTowns campagin.

The Joburg Heritage Foundation recently hosted a tour of the "Ruins of Rose Road" in Upper Houghton. The tour was everything I hope for and more.