At a recent function, I sat next to a woman who had been deeply involved in South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle. She spoke with quiet pride about her role in those years, but also with unmistakable disillusionment about what has unfolded in our country over the past three decades. Although she felt personally fulfilled, she was troubled by the distance between the promise of liberation and the lived realities of most South Africans. Then she asked me a straightforward but somewhat unsettling question, grounded in her ongoing concern for justice in communities: what is your vision of social justice in and for…
Rail Services: The country has a passenger rail service, Shosholoza Meyl, that
connects major cities, as well as a luxury train service called the Blue Train.
Valley Guardian
What do you call the oke at a South African gathering who cooks the food?
Braai\’n
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