To my readers in the United States: Happy 4th of July! To my readers in South Africa and anywhere else on the globe: Happy Friday! In the last dozen years I believe I have spent more American Independence Day holidays outside of the United States than within it, with most of those spent here in […]
Just a quick break from the travelogues to let you know that you should take the time to read FPA editor Robert Nolan's important recent viewpoint piece “Moving Forward in Zimbabwe.”
At the end of the day, travel is, for me, about people. Whether I am returning to Africa or to the UK, places I visit regularly, where I have lived and worked, or whether visiting someplace for the first time, such as when I went to China a couple of years back, the most important component to […]
At the end of the day, travel is, for me, about people. Whether I am returning to Africa or to the UK, places I visit regularly, where I have lived and worked, or whether visiting someplace for the first time, such as when I went to China a couple of years back, the most important component to […]
Greetings from Stellenbosch, the historical intellectual center of Afrikanerdom. I am here for a conference on sport history at the University of Stellenbosch, and as I did with Melville, I have seen changes in this picturesque little university town. Clearly the city parents here are no fools. No longer can Stellenbosch be merely the epicenter of Afrikaans […]
Greetings from Stellenbosch, the historical intellectual center of Afrikanerdom. I am here for a conference on sport history at the University of Stellenbosch, and as I did with Melville, I have seen changes in this picturesque little university town. Clearly the city parents here are no fools. No longer can Stellenbosch be merely the epicenter of Afrikaans intellectual […]
Sawubona! I’m writing from the 7th Street Guesthouse in Joberg's Melville. The trip here was quite the trek, involving many layovers (Houston, Jackson, BWI, Dulles, Dakar) and more than one trip in an automobile, but I finally got into my B&B at about 8:30 South Africa time last night. Not wanting to go to sleep and […]
Sawubona! I'm writing from the 7th Street Guesthouse in Joberg's Melville. The trip here was quite the trek, involving many layovers (Houston, Jackson, BWI, Dulles, Dakar) and more than one trip in an automobile, but I finally got into my B&B at about 8:30 South Africa time last night. Not wanting to go to sleep and […]
At 4:00 am tomorrow (or five hours from now) I'll get up and begin a winding journey that will land me in South Africa Thursday afternoon. I'll be there for three weeks, will be traveling extensively for two conferences, some research, travel and holiday, and reportage. I may be out of touch for a bit, […]
At 4:00 am tomorrow (or five hours from now) I’ll get up and begin a winding journey that will land me in South Africa Thursday afternoon. I’ll be there for three weeks, will be traveling extensively for two conferences, some research, travel and holiday, and reportage. I may be out of touch for a bit, […]
With just over two days to go before the runoff little is certain except for the certainty that Robert Mugabe's calculated tyranny has turned Zimbabwe into a chaotic state in which the anarchy he has very much fomented serves Mugabe's needs. Zimbabwe is ostensibly a one-party state. In reality, right now it is a one-man state. The […]
The dueling headlines tell of the tricky course South Africa has chosen for itself with regard to the situation in Zimbabwe. It is widely recognized that South Africa has the potential to be the biggest external power broker, whether through sticks or carrots, words or deeds. And so far, it is no secret, South Africa […]
The dueling headlines tell of the tricky course South Africa has chosen for itself with regard to the situation in Zimbabwe. It is widely recognized that South Africa has the potential to be the biggest external power broker, whether through sticks or carrots, words or deeds. And so far, it is no secret, South Africa […]
Things are grim in Zimbabwe. But that does not mean that we cannot find room for laughter. The blogger Copyranter, who has been an advertising copywriter in New York for sixteen years, dissects various ads and other forms of propoganda. Yesterday Copyranter tackled a Robert Mugabe campaign poster. An excerpt: Since present conditions in Zimbabwe […]
Whether he intended such a result or not, is it possible that Morgan Tsvangirai's withdrawal from the runoff election in Zimbabwe has finally forced the outside world to contemplate real action against Robert Mugabe and his regime? And could that action include the use of force? There are rumblings from Britain that military action could […]