Gettin’ (Up, and) DOWN in Cape Town
I knew I was back in Africa when I woke up to a brilliant, searing sun pouring into my room, distinct, nasal-sounding bird calls, and a dead-on view of Table Mountain. Even as I was wiping the heavy sleet off my tired eyes, and frantically blinking, trying to adjust my … Continue reading
O Sole, Mama Mio
Here’s a story that’s going to have you reaching falsetto range (as in: shriek! horror!!): the life and times of South Africa’s most famous bete noire, Winnie Mandela, is coming to the stage. Winnie: The Opera is set to open at the State Theater … Continue reading
Say it ain’t so, Jacob
After staging a spectacular show of the new South Africa during the World Cup games, President Jacob Zuma is now putting a huge blemish on the face of democracy there. Hot off the AP wire comes the story about the commander-in-chief’s defamation suit against a … Continue reading
The Power of Potjie
Take a heavy iron cooking pot that looks like a small witch’s cauldron, meat, veggies, spices, wine, whatever’s left in the kitchen sink, and a roaring fire pit, and what do you get? Well, that depends on who’s wearing the … Continue reading