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It's Nguni Cattle Day today. Actually, I just made that up. But as we enter yet another week of disruptive, infuriating load shedding, it might help to take our minds off our collective misery for a few moments if we focus on a positive aspect of South Africa. Indigenous to South Africa, Ngunis, unlike Eskom, are famed for their benign natures and reliability - they're pretty much resistant to ticks and the heat. Also unlike Eskom, they're wonderful to behold, their unique coat patterns and colours making them a popular subject for artists, writers, interior decorators, and photographers. They're generally beloved by all, passers by stopping in their tracks to admire them. I'm not sure how many of us admire Eskom these days. And while Ngunis emit some methane, their emissions are nothing like those our power utility spews out.
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While we might be powerless to do anything about Eskom, we can at least refuse to let it switch off our inner lights. Pursuing happiness is certainly within our power, as Melody Emmett discusses in her feature: An odyssey into happiness from ancient Greece to the modern age.
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Also in our miscellany of articles this week are travel tales, thoughts on words and the joy of pets, and an army story. But we begin with Blake Wilkins's account of a despised colonial calamity.
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Happy Nguni day everyone!
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Despised colonial calamity continues more than 120 years later
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Land disputes of more than a century ago during Paul Kruger's time remain a major sticking point in the South Africa of today.
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When I read Niki Moore's short story, I wept. But now my tears are gone and I'm smiling again.
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Om te reis - 'n eiesoortige reisjoernaal
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Hierdie reisjoernaal van kort reisverhale is met 'Russian-roulette' kunsfoto's geïllustreer. Ek hoop om vir lank nog met dié projek besig te wees. Hier is van die eerste inskrywings in hierdie eiesoortige reisverhaal. My reisjoernaal met inskrywings uit die Noordwes Provinsie Find more about Jedrie Harmse For more of Jedrie Harmse's articles More about SAFREA Chronicle https://issuu.com/chillidesign/docs/om_te_reis_-_v2-isuu
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What's wrong with you, man?
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Gender in language is open to interpretation. Chairman is a role not a gender ascribing term.
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Where Words Take Us - Minaret
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Author: Helene vd Westhuizen
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How the word minaret on the cover of Leila Aboulela's novel kept knocking for fifteen years until I finally opened the door - 15 years later.
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Fun in the 60s apartheid army. Toasted sandwich and pranks – Part 5
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Having forsaken the parabats, been denied my pilot's licence and been selected as a Bisley marksman, there was still options and more to do.
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An odyssey into happiness from ancient Greece to the modern age
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British mentalist and illusionist, Derren Brown, illustrates that the pursuit of happiness is – and always has been – integral to the human psyche.
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Fixing Third Bridge on the way to Xakanaxa
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When the bridge en route to Xakanaxa camp site in Botswana's Moremi Game Reserve was broken, a visiting engineer came to the rescue and bridged the gap.
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Disclaimer: The opinions and ideas expressed in this newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Safrea or its members.
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