GANSBAAI, South Africa— One night as my sister and I walked across the rugged yet strangely delicate terrain of a place called Farm 215, the path to our cottage lighted only by the stars and a flashlight, the wine-wobbly beam suddenly illuminated several sets of legs. A moment of what the …? And then we [...]
Sathima Bea Benjamin: South African Jazz Singer’s (Rapper Jean Grae’s Mom) Unsung Career Coming to Light
November 2, 2012 | Posted by
Recently the life and career of Cape Town-born jazz singer Sathima Bea Benjamin has been the subject of both popular and scholarly attention. In the last two years alone, she’s been the subject of an excellent documentary film (“Sathima’s Windsong” by anthropologist Daniel Yon) and she is one of four jazz musicians profiled in Africa [...]
Cape Town Wins World Travel Award for ‘Best Beach Destination’
September 28, 2012 | Posted by
The annual World Travel Awards took place last week and resulted in a string of accolades for South African tourism brands and a Best Beach Destination place for Cape Town. Cape Town competed against Bazaruto in Mozambique, Diani Beach, Kenya, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, Zanzibar Island, Tanzania and previous winner, Sharm El Sheikh, in Egypt [...]
Cape Town: A Delight to Visit for Children
August 8, 2012 | Posted by
It is hard to think of another city in Africa that has quite as much to delight children as South Africa’s Cape Town. Firstly, there is that strangely flat-topped mountain in the middle of the city that is never out of sight. It forms part of the remarkable Table Mountain National Park, with mountain walks [...]
South African Jazz Singer Melanie Scholtz Wins Big at French Jazz Festival – Video
July 16, 2012 | Posted by
Juan-les-Pins – South African singer Melanie Scholtz notched up a triumph on Saturday at the Jazz a Juan Revelation festival in the French Riviera town Juan-les-Pins, winning all three prizes. The 33-year-old from Cape Town took the Jury Prize, the Public Prize and the RTL Prize at the festival, which wound up late on Saturday. [...]
