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Johannesburg, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika and The Westcliff
Blog: Uncommontravel - 4 June 2010
Johannesburg is a vibrant sprawling city on a plateau 5,751ft (1753 M) above sea level, way too vivid and alive to be reduced to just a stopover. Unless you have to, like we did. We had a plane to catch the next morning for Cape Town. I don’t want to start a brawl, but the exquisite Mother City, nestling between the mountains and the ocean, now that’s what we’d come to see.
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Africa On Safari: Where The Wild Things Are
Blog: Uncommontravel - 26 February 2010
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Departure Imminent/ From the Saxon to the campground
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 28 December 2009
No matter how many physical and mental lists you make, if you’ve never done a massive backpacking trip through a continent like Africa, packing is still a daunting task. I spent Christmas in Johannesburg with my boyfriend and his parents, who had flown up from Cape Town for the holiday. Part of my Christmas present [...]
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Crime in Johannesburg/ It finally happened
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 10 December 2009
I’ve been writing about living in Johannesburg for months without mentioning one critical aspect—that the city has a terrible reputation (both domestically and internationally) for crime. Indeed I believe it’s been the elephant in the blog; while trying to focus on the positive aspects about living here I was purposely neglecting the negative aspects, including [...]
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Summer in Jozi/ Perfect weather to ride a horse
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 4 December 2009
Ok so I know that I recently knocked the southern hemisphere for being sunny just as I wanted to curl up by a fireplace and sip a gingerbread latte while wearing big fluffy socks. But that’s just me and what I look forward to come December. There are many upsides, however, to spending winter south of the [...]
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DIWYY Guest Column: Destination Johannesburg!
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 27 November 2009
Now that I’ve been in Johannesburg for about 5 months I suppose I’ve earned enough cred to be able to advise others on what to do and see when visiting… well that’s what the lovely ladies of travel blog Do It While You’re Young thought anyway! Read about Destination: Johannesburg here, and be sure to check [...]
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Getting to Know Johannesburg/ A taste of South African music
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 24 November 2009
Last Friday I went to a friend’s birthday party, but this wasn’t just any typical birthday celebration with balloons and face cake. For starters, mystery surrounded the event: the only details we received were where to go and that our “transport” would arrive at 6:30 p.m. No hint as to the activity, no clue as [...]
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The Constitutional Court/ Bridging the gap between past and the future
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 10 November 2009
Today I had the privilege of going to the Constitutional Court to hear oral arguments for a case the Cape Town branch of my NGO has been working on (I have not been involved, but went along merely as an observer). The case related, broadly, to the President’s powers to pardon criminals and more specifically, [...]
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The Rabid Squirrel/ My next set of inoculations
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 4 November 2009
Me with an 8-week old white lion on my first visit to the park A friend from college, K, a nurse practitioner in New York City, and a friend of hers came to visit South Africa. Attempting to be a good hostess, I took a day off work to show the two of them around Johannesburg. [...]
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