Jozi skies: 1 Christina

Excerpt from Africa, Altered states, Ordinary miracles, Richard Dowden ‘Westerners living in Africa for the first time are always struck...

Jozi Skies: 2 Time of our lives

I often say that Joburg has been one of my favourite places to live in. After being scarred by Chicago winters and utterly resentful of...

Jozi skies - 3 Ubuntu

It was only in South Africa that I realised just how much my learning was ‘westernised’, for lack of a better term. I grew up in...

Jozi skies - 4 Futhi

The reason I had found myself in South Africa in the first place was entirely related to work. I never had a burning desire to move...

Namaste

Namaste. That was how my professor greeted me, in his attempt to acknowledge my Indian heritage. I stammered to find my words – the last...

He arrived, tall, well built, beautiful.

He arrived, tall, well built, beautiful. He didn’t smile. He didn’t like the table I was already at and instructed the waiter to change...