by 2summers | Oct 27, 2016 | USA
I’m in the United States just in time for Halloween, and also for the peak of American presidential election madness. (Don’t worry, I’ve already voted. I dropped my absentee ballot safely into a U.S. Postal Service box last Saturday.) It’s...
by 2summers | May 19, 2012 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Museums and Buildings
If you are in South Africa and don’t reside under a rock, then you’ve likely heard about the controversy raging over an artist’s portrait of South African President Jacob Zuma, called “The Spear”. If you don’t live in South Africa,...
by 2summers | Sep 20, 2011 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre
I don’t write often about South African government and politics. Politics here are complicated and contentious — even more so than other countries I think, due to South Africa’s incredibly tumultuous history over the last half-century. As a foreigner...