The patriotism has been overflowing in South Africa. Despite South Africa’s hopes of winning the World Cup rapidly dwindling, spirits are still high. Here are some of the comments we’ve received on Facebook in the past week: Went for a walk on Durban Beach at ten this morning and came home at 5.30 pm! The […]

Submitted by Jimmy, from George in Port Elizabeth Hi everyone, Over the past weekend 12 of us from the Greek community of George drove through to P.E. to watch a soccer match between Greece and Korea. Other than the fact that we were beaten and that Greece played a terrible game, it was an experience […]

by Philippa Garson, New York There is no discernible “little South Africa” in New York, the melting pot of the world, but on Friday 11 June the country claimed its piece of the pot when pockets of South Africans exploded with jubilant national pride onto the surprised streets. Madiba Restaurant, a South African eatery and […]

I taught flamenco (Spanish dancing) since 1995 at a studio in Houston… writes Lee Schneider. In 2003 I moved to the D.C. area and struggled to find a similar opportunity. My very large house had a huge basement with three unfinished rooms. One of those rooms was always considered as a potential dance studio. In […]

Submitted by Callia, Johannesburg Last night was amazing. I was just as excited to be going into Soweto as I was for the concert. We hired 2 mini busses and got Soweto locals that my friend knew to drive us. That was really just for convenience sakes. I would have felt completely comfortable driving in […]

by Rodney Standing Well after a very long search I have found my ex-wife and my daughter – Susan, my ex-wife, is living in Estcourt and my daughter Susan (Susie) is in Durban. I have been in contact with my daughter now for nine months. I find it fate that two months after my second […]

Submitted by Patricia Meyer As such a fan of Juluka, I like that sapeople’s newsletters calls us Scatterlings! You have to know that I need African music played loud in my car as I drive around beautiful California here – just to help me live outside of South Africa. One way to remind me who […]

It’s been over thirty two years since leaving South Africa. I gave my word to Lorraine Buthelezi upon departure, I would return to help heal my Homeland from the ravages of hatred = Apartheid. Within the last week, I sent in my resume for a position – Team leader, whole of Africa Program based in […]

by Allan Duff SOON AFTER arriving in South Africa as an immigrant I was sent to the judicial capital, the city of Bloemfontein, for a week’s business. I drove there, the driving being easy as South Africa had fast, open and well surfaced roads. Some 40 kilometres on the approach to the city the road […]

Submitted by Astrolab When I was in the plane to reach South Africa, I was wondering what type of life I would find, what type of people and what type of future was there waiting for me and my girl friend. She was living there, she born there; I was born in Italy, Rome and […]

Love Story of Andre and Vanessa Submitted by Bluechip It all started a few years back. I can still remember it was a Sunday afternoon when I was not able to sleep so I picked up my TV-plus to read. While paging through it I came to the “pen pal” section. At that time of […]

By Leigh Thorsen I’ve lived almost half my life outside of South Africa, and I’ve just changed country for the third time. Ten years in the UK, ten in the US, and now, with the California economy tanking on a scale not seen since the ’40s, it seems time to try…one more country. My husband […]

By Fiona McIntosh “You’re going to cycle for five days through wild game reserves?” exclaimed my friends when I told them of the bush adventure that I’d just discovered. “Are you crazy? What about the elephants? And the lions? You’ve clearly got a death wish.” But I could think of nothing more exciting than getting […]

[hidepost]I had a crush on this guy for ages – he had been a friend for a long time, but there was always more to it. We had a couple of those relaxed “don’t-call-them-dates” drinks, and then one morning after he called I realised “oooh tonight is really a date”! So I had all the […]

Submitted by Amanda Tsinonis, mother of three girls and one dog, living in London… At 9.30am today, I was back at my desk, ready for a days work. My calm, very “zen” colleague Harpreet walked in and we booted up our computers. I sighed- looking somewhat dishevled, “What a day!” to which she replied “Don’t […]