by 2summers | Sep 7, 2020 | Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds, Parks/Nature Reserves
Yesterday I spent the morning walking around the central section of the Melville Koppies Nature Reserve. Most of you know I visit the Koppies often, but this walk was special. Winter grass on the Melville Koppies. The grass is taller than me. The Melville Koppies...
by 2summers | Aug 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
This is a quick post to announce the Melville Food Program, which I’ve blogged about many times during lockdown (see here and here and here), did its last large-scale food parcel distribution at Heritage Baptist Church today. This amazing group of volunteers,...
by 2summers | Jul 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
Today, the South African restaurant industry participated in a nationwide demonstration called “One Million Seats in the Streets”, to protest the government’s treatment of the hospitality sector during the COVID-19 lockdown. The hashtag for the...
by 2summers | Jul 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
This morning I visited the Melville food parcel program for the first time in two weeks, and things have changed significantly at the distribution. The entire operation has been moved outside the church, due to the recent surge in coronavirus cases, and the volunteers...
by 2summers | Jul 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
It’s Day 98 of the South African lockdown, which I literally cannot believe. Earlier today I suddenly thought back to my Day 9 post, when I said it felt like Day 900 and questioned my decision to blog every day of lockdown because I suspected it might last...