South Africa Things to see and do Articles

Cape Town, South Africa – August 1999

As I sat down to write this article, it occurred to me that it has been a year to the day since I first arrived in Cape Town, for a three day stop over. A year later, I�m still here (although currently on sabbatical up north). [...]

Johannesburg, South Africa – July 1999

The election is over, the ANC won, (mostly) and we have a new president. The election was, in a word, boring. It’s so WEIRD! The really cool bit is that it makes a lie of “One man, one vote, ONCE!” It’s hopefully an indicator to some people to the North of how it’s SUPPOSED to [...]

Durban, South Africa – July 1999

Geography

It is situated North of Cape Town, and South of Cairo, East of the Drakensberg and well West of
Perth. It also has much better weather than all the above..

It is a real mix of English, Afrikaans, African, and Indian culture, with their unique histories apparent
wherever you turn. Check out this site for [...]

Johannesburg, South Africa – June 1999

Not much has changed since last month: we’re starting to accelerate into election mode, (our 2nd democratic elections) so a sort of gentle hysteria is building, along with weerd political slogans & promises. The oddest incident to date is the ANC having to withdraw a poster because it was deemed racist!

Madiba, (AKA Nelson Mandela) will [...]

Kruger National Park, South Africa

Kruger National Park is teeming with wildlife and

Johannesburg, South Africa May 1999

Generally speaking, Backpackers only stop in Johannesburg because they HAVE to! (It’s a long haul from Harare to Cape Town.)
Fairly recently, a reporter approached one of the Tourist Bureaux, and asked what there was to see. The
reply was fairly typical: “Well….there’s Eastgate…” Eastgate is a Shopping Mall.
Johannesburg has got to be one of the [...]

Cape Town, South Africa – May 1999

I had a lot of misconceptions about Cape Town. I imagined
a dusty, dry place, dotted with big game reserves and ghettoes
housing poor “Blacks”. I thought the “Whites” would be the
most boorish, racist, unsophisticated lugs imaginable, and
that nightlife would be reduced to chugging a few brews
and munching some Boerwurst sausage. [...]