Good Morning, Coffee, anyone? I wanted to start this week’s blog by writing about the recent e-tolling saga ( formally known as the Electronic Toll Collection or ETC) in Johannesburg which has had Johannesburg motorists up in figurative arms. I wanted to note and remember with you what happened in Johannesburg’s streets after the ETC,…
Tag: Mali
More ZEN less PH0BIA
11. May. That date brings so many memories. I recall them today because it was a day of paradoxes which I am now only aware of ironically in hindsight. The 11th of May 2008 was a day of new beginnings, a day of some kind of a fresh start. I walked into the walls…
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BOOK REVIEW: The lost Kingdoms of Africa by Jeffrey Tayler Wow. A huge wide smile spread spontaneously across my face when I stumbled on Jeffery Tayler’s travel book “The lost Kingdoms of Africa” – its tagline– “through Muslim Africa by Truck, Bus and Camel” wetted my appetite so much so I immediately started looking for…
Mali Money Mali Money….. MALI!
Friday 18 January 2013. Mali made headline news in Senegal this week; at least one would think so from the news on news channels in the country. The Malian Crisis which started in earnest in 2012 intensified this week leading to an announcement by its parental country, France that they will be sending troops to …
