You cannot believe how excited I am about this news! Mos Def will open the 10th Cape Town International Jazz Fest that takes place on the 3rd & 4th of April. Can you believe this? I so have to make it to CT for that weekend cos besides Mr Black Jack Johnson there’ll also be [...]
Posts Tagged ‘south africa’
Mos Def conquers the Cape!
Posted in Music, Once every blue moon: Events, Sounds & Syllables, tagged 340ml, cape town, cape town international jazz fest, events, festival, hugh masekela, jazz, jonathan butler, maceo parker, mos def, music, music download, south africa, zap mama on 13 February, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The True South African Danger
Posted in Time to Bloom: Fleur's everyday good, tagged crickets, my life, parktown prawns, south africa on 2 February, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is totally, totally random but… … I’ve got a cricket in my living room downstairs! I identified the position of said cricket as underneath the TV table. I fled upstairs to google crickets (the same way I fled upstairs last week after encounter with small scorpion in front of my door – google told [...]
Botsotso Poets & After The Fear
Posted in It wasn't me: Guest contributors, Poetry, Sounds & Syllables, tagged botsotso, chantal-fleur sandjon, cinn sandjon, johannesburg, phillipa yaa de villiers, phillippa de villiers, Poetry, south africa on 30 January, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Finally found my poem online that has been printed in Botsotso last yr. I posted it over here. But here‘s now the link to the original Botsotso poetry page. Ya, my name may be last on the list, but, hey, the first will be last, you know… It gives you a great overview of South [...]
Abantu Afrowear
Posted in Azania from a street-level window, Beauty Beyond Shelves, Black Germania, I write what I like, Time to Bloom: Fleur's everyday good, tagged abantu afrowear, diaspora, fashion, south africa on 4 December, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s still a work in progress but felt like sharing South African fashion & fashion statements with my folks back home. Hence, the birth of Abantu Afrowear. Whatever I find on my notorious shopping spreads & what I can’t buy for myself, well, you’ll find it on this homepage. Ready to be shipped over the [...]
SA’s First Electric Car
Posted in 5 yards of Eden, Azania from a street-level window, Eco-awareness, I write what I like, tagged electric cars, joule, south africa, sustainability on 1 December, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good news for the eco-friendly car lovers out there: South Africa’s roads will soon see the emerge of the first home-bred (six-seater!) electric car called Joule! The chassis has been designed to accommodate two large-cell lithium ion battery packs, but since research shows that 99 percent of urban users drive less than 150km a day, [...]
In The Morning Sun…
Posted in From the Inside Out: Spirit & Self, Music, Sounds & Syllables, Time to Bloom: Fleur's everyday good, tagged gratitude, music, my life, south africa, zamajobe on 29 November, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a beautiful journey to get to know yourself fully, get to know God within you & the body He has given you… Woke up this morning, a Saturday morning, at 5.20am – without an alarm clock. My body pumped with energy, the sun coming in through the window, greeting me. I hurt my ankle [...]
Wear Locally
Posted in Azania from a street-level window, Beauty Beyond Shelves, I write what I like, tagged eco-living, fashion, johannesburg, local, second hand, south africa, sowearto, stoned cherrie, sun goddess, sustainability on 22 September, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This weekend I went on a shopping trip with my dear sistah-friend & fellow Afro-Berlinoise Royalty Imeh. We got high high high & carried away on afro-chic clothes. Imeh can reason though: She’d never find these Steve Biko, Angela Davis, I Love My Africa tees anywhere in Germany. High quality, made on African soil, no sweat [...]
Carobian High/lights back in Jozi
Posted in Time to Bloom: Fleur's everyday good, tagged johannesburg, my life, south africa on 11 September, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been well these past weeks, more than well. Blessed & blissful. After I had missed the Joy of Jazz festival, I ran into Joy Denalane on a Sunday in a coffee shop. It’s a small world. Am loving my walk with the Lord & trying to get into a routine of waking up [...]
Jo’burg gets Pretty…
Posted in Azania from a street-level window, I write what I like, Once every blue moon: Events, Time to Bloom: Fleur's everyday good, tagged events, johannesburg, joshua redman, joy denalane, lira, music, my life, simphiwe dana, south africa, yvonne chaka chaka on 25 August, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, would love to write essay-like thingys bout my Earth Day & its meaning for humanity & all (my people know how I love to pour out my heart in written confessions & reports…) … but as it is written in Ecclesiastes 3:1: “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity [...]
