by 2summers | Oct 6, 2020 | Ekurhuleni (East Rand), Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips, Tours, Townships/Informal Settlements
On Saturday I participated in the first-ever #SpazaShopTour, starting and ending at African Accent Spaza Shop in Katlehong. Walking through Katlehong. The weather was miraculously perfect for a six-kilometer walk. We wound through Katlehong and Thokoza, visiting spaza...
by 2summers | Sep 22, 2020 | Arts and Culture, Ekurhuleni (East Rand), Johannesburg, Tours, Townships/Informal Settlements
Many of you may remember my post about the African Accent Spaza Shop in Katlehong, which I visited for the first time in June. My first time at the African Accent Spaza Shop. (Photo: Nkosikhona Kumalo) I’ve kept going back, for various reasons. Every time I go I...
by 2summers | May 31, 2020 | BlackLivesMatter, COVID-19, Emotions
It’s Day 66 of the South African lockdown. I don’t normally blog on weekends and today I was supposed to work on another task. But I’ve decided to do that task tomorrow and blog today, because I can’t stop thinking about racism and white...
by 2summers | Feb 20, 2020 | #10SouthAfricanTowns, Lodging, North West
Kameel is the second stop in my #10SouthAfricanTowns campaign, for which I’m visiting ten small towns across South Africa in 2020. Kameel means “Camel” in Afrikaans. The original farm there is called “Kameel Bult”, which roughly means...
by 2summers | Jan 29, 2020 | #10SouthAfricanTowns, Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Johannesburg Day Trips, Lodging, Mpumalanga
Val is the first stop in my #10SouthAfricanTowns campaign, for which I’m visiting ten small towns across South Africa in 2020. After months of talking about it, my #10SouthAfricanTowns campaign has finally begun. I visited Val, a tiny hamlet in Mpumalanga...