Sarvodaya –Well being for all
https://youtu.be/3KqrYWBR8Zk Sarvodaya –Well being for all This is the name of Mahatma Gandhi’s house. The one in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, on the outskirts of Phoenix nestled amongst the bustling settlement of…
Belief
https://youtu.be/fCZlT5VB7sQ Belief Schoolboy rugby in Johannesburg has always been one of my favourite spectator experiences. The crisp Highveld mornings are defrosted by a cup of hot coffee and later on a bacon…
Just touch the Dial
https://youtu.be/B2dRvgYrtds Just Touch the Dial The oven of Life heats up gradually. Tempers are tested with each travesty in the traffic and the city spits out its acerbic toxicity. Perhaps it is…
Be Kind
https://youtu.be/-Ft5JYZ8H3Q Be Kind In bright colours and written at an ascending angle stands a block letter artwork. Perhaps it is less of an artwork, and more of a suggestion for Humanity. It…
Fighting with Two Sticks “Ukushaya ngezinduku ezimbili”
https://youtu.be/tRkuzj3OXPA Fighting with Two Sticks “Ukushaya ngezinduku ezimbili” A dead and half plucked Pel’s Fishing Owl hangs silently in the heat of the traditional healers market in Warwick triangle in the center…
Protect each others hearts
https://youtu.be/ugM83UzD37c Protect eachothers Hearts The ghost grey giant seemed to appear from nowhere. Yet they were everywhere. It started with one, and then we were surrounded. It didn’t seem possible that the…
“I Live in this World”
https://youtu.be/AiFuHnMxQOY "I Live in this World" ‘Thank You for your poem.’I looked up from my Monday morning diary to see the familiar smiling face of Theodora. Her gleaming white teeth sparkled against…
A Heart which Still Beats
https://youtu.be/kaM0Nmgf5jw A Heart which Still Beats Patrick Magebhula Hunsley, founding member and stalwart of the South African Alliance and Shack Dwellers International (SDI) died on the 4th August 2014. Since the early…
Miracles
https://youtu.be/Yyu2518Y6FQ Miracles At the tender age of between four and five, Albert Einstein sat mesmerised as he observed the needle of a compass respond to the Earth’s magnetic field. It switched him…
Haircut
https://youtu.be/txA9fmwyMBo Haircut It’s a day for a haircut. It’s hot, it’s muggy and I’m feeling particularly bothered and sweaty. I’m waiting impatiently for my Combi window to be repaired, thanks to an…