Times flies when you’re having fun!

It’s been intense and wonderful time running WE Communications in South Africa. I’ve included the following insights based on my experiences so far.

Gandhi’s Jozi (re)treat

Satyagraha House is a fitting tribute to a man that spent 21 years of his life in South Africa and changed the world through his thinking and actions. It’s a little Eden. A break from the hustle and bustle of Johannesburg.

On the run

My New Year’s Day run this year was an uneventful affair compared to a year ago, when I fractured my right foot while running down a hill. This holiday season was different. I trained almost every day to rid my body of the excesses consumed over the holiday period.

Trail blazing

Johannesburg has a great selection of urban and out-of-town trails to run and enjoy.

There is something about Jo’burg

There’s far more to Johannesburg than mine dumps, shopping malls, crime and oversized faux-Tuscan houses. How much more? Well, that’s really up to you. It’s not the prettiest or most happening city in the world. But there’s something about Johannesburg.

Tour de Soweto

The afternoon thunderstorms threaten, the temperature is perfect and many Jo’burgers emerge from their winter hibernation and begin exercising to get their bodies in shape for the annual pilgrimage to the coast in December.

Democracy is a laughing matter

outh Africa celebrated Freedom Day yesterday. This annual public holiday honours the country’s first democratic elections. 19,726,579 votes were cast between Tuesday, 26 April 1994 and Thursday, 28 April 1994.

Earth Day and ‘greening’ the city of gold

I was reminded of the beauty of Johannesburg while walking our dogs at Delta Park. It’s a magnificent park in the middle of suburbia between Craighall and Victory Park.

The perfect storm is brewing on the streets of Johannesburg

Johannesburg’s urban forest is flourishing. The summer rainfall has injected even more life into the city’s lung; a green belt that breathes beauty into Jozi. It doesn’t yet extend across the entire city. Far more needs to be done to increase the notches of the green belt into townships like Soweto and Alexandra.

Life after the World Cup

It has been three months since Spain lifted the World Cup trophy at Soccer City in Johannesburg. I will never forget the blasting of the vuvuzela horns (my ears are still ringing) and the excitement on the streets of Jozi during the month long soccer party.