The new flag of the "Free the Western Cape" movement has caused quite the social media buzz. We look at the symbolism behind it.
The flag of the Free Cape explained
The Cape Party: a bad joke
The Cape Party is a depressing reminder that there are people out there who still believe they aren’t South Africans.
Die Antwoord is my pimp
How Die Antwoord put my mobile number on a 2012 video offering "Hot Bum Sex".
We’re All Going to Die (But Up the Creek Might Live On)
I attended the 30th anniversary of Up the Creek Music Festival, on the banks of the Breede River in Swellendam between 6-9 February. Myself a veteran of more than half of them, I was caught contemplating the fearful prospect of running (and attending) a music festival beyond 30 years. [Main image courtesy UpTheCreek.co.za] I don’t... Continue Reading →
Life and death at the Chelsea Hotel
The friend who showed me the Chelsea Hotel killed himself three months later. A month after that, the Chelsea was taken over by developers, and its long, seventy-plus years of bohemian excess and wonder was finished. Inadvertently, I’d managed to see an iconic building, one that had always figured large on my list of artistic... Continue Reading →
