Tag Archives: Johannesburg

The Vaal River

Posted on May 10, 2013 by suletta

Living in the Western Cape most of my life, The Vaal River, or for that matter The Orange River or The Great Zambezi River, were mere lines on a World Atlas, except for the once or twice that I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Love and Life, Nature, South Africa | Tagged Capetown, Johannesburg, Orange River, Vaal River, Victoria Falls, Western Cape, Zambezi, Zimbabwe | 1 Comment

Monte Casino to Pilansberg!

Posted on January 10, 2013 by suletta

After a seriously acrimonious split between the farmer and both Kobus and I, we packed up once again and left the farm. Thankfully we managed to rent the property in which we lived for the short while before moving to … Continue reading →

Posted in Love and Life, Nature, South Africa | Tagged Capetown, Christmas, Eisbein, Johannesburg, Kobus, Mozambique, New Year, South Africa, Twiggy | 1 Comment

Suletta’s Shorts as told by Kobus

Posted on January 5, 2013 by suletta

I have a husband with the talent of telling a story that makes you visualise it as if you are right there in the moment. He has made me laugh with his tales of fun events, mischievous behaviour with mates, … Continue reading →

Posted in Love and Life, South Africa | Tagged Africa, Capetown, Government, Great Karoo, Johannesburg, Kigamboni, Police, South Africa, Tanzania | Leave a comment

The battle of the “Red tape”

Posted on November 28, 2012 by suletta

Being fairly newly married, Kobus does not know all my hidden streaks (or talents?) that well yet. And so he learnt the following about me yesterday: I am like a bull-dog, once I get a hold of something, I rarely … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Dar es Salaam, Love and Life, South Africa | Tagged Africa, Botswana, Capetown, Dar, Dar es Salaam, Johannesburg, Kigamboni, South Africa, Tanzania | 1 Comment

For the love of a good man – my new life as farmer’s wife in Heilbron in the good ol’ Free State!!

Posted on November 20, 2012 by suletta

We left Dar es Salaam almost a month ago – Saturday 27 October 2012, 5 months and 14 days after we first arrived. Defeated, deflated, sad to some extend that the project did not materialize, but incredibly excited to return … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Dar es Salaam, Love and Life, South Africa | Tagged Africa, Capetown, Dar, Dar es Salaam, Heilbron, Johannesburg, Kigamboni, Kobus, South Africa, Tanzania | 7 Comments

Parting shots of Dar es Salaam

Posted on October 26, 2012 by suletta

We took a trip around our favourite spots this past week, and as I am lounging around in a hotel room, waiting for my flight home, I want to share some of the scenery once more. We drove out to … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Dar es Salaam, South Africa | Tagged Africa, Dar, Dar es Salaam, God, Indian Ocean, Johannesburg, Kimbiji, Marriage, Salaam, Tanzania | 2 Comments

Cry my beloved country – South Africa

Posted on October 10, 2012 by suletta

Two weeks ago Kobus and I had to take a short trip to South Africa – much-needed and wanted, and long overdue! We left for Tanzania some 4 months earlier, and although the boys have been here during their university … Continue reading →

Posted in South Africa | Tagged Africa, Alan Paton, Belinda, Government, Johannesburg, Kigamboni, Nelson Mandela, Rustenburg, Skype, South Africa, Tanzania, United States | 2 Comments

Africa – First World vs Third World

Posted on August 28, 2012 by suletta

Just for the fun of it – The Seli, pictured in my header, has been lying rusting in Table Bay for a few years now – have a look and enjoy! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=462126653819125 I grew up in a small town, called … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Dar es Salaam, Love and Life, South Africa | Tagged Africa, Cango Caves, Cape Town, Capetown, Durban, InDuna, Johannesburg, Kigamboni, South Africa, Sunday, Table View, Tanzania, Western Cape | 3 Comments

Are we ever satisfied with our lot in life?

Posted on August 10, 2012 by suletta

I’m not an expert on life, just human, and hope that by sharing this past week’s emotions with you, I touch someone somewhere…… As this blog has a two-fold reason to exist, one being to assist me in filling my … Continue reading →

Posted in Dar es Salaam, Love and Life | Tagged Cape Town, Capetown, Dar es Salaam, Jerry Springer, Johannesburg, Kigamboni, Middle East, Namaqualand, Ramadhan, South Africa, Strictly Come Dancing, Tanzania, Zanzibar | 2 Comments

Invictus – A story of a rainbow nation – VIVA South Africa! VIVA Nelson Mandela!

Posted on July 26, 2012 by suletta

As a product of the “apartheid” era in South Africa, now living in East Africa amongs the local black people, I feel compelled to share a bit about my feelings when I happened to switch the television on this morning and … Continue reading →