Tag Archives: Johannesburg

Remembering a Time – Johannesburg (Blog)

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Sandra

The reports this week of the Pistorius bail hearing in South Africa, with the attendant criticism of the investigating police officer have brought back memories of the nineties when I accompanied my husband on secondment to Johannesburg. sacks08 / Foter.com … Continue reading →

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Posted in By the Way ..., Just Sayin' | Tagged crime, Johannesburg, SAPS | 5 Comments

Ouma and The Wood Pigeon (Every Day Fiction, July 2011)

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Sandra

Winter had arrived early and that June morning when I left the house, the kikuyu grass was iced with a thick hoar frost that crunched beneath my feet as I skipped towards the pool. The sun struggled out of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Flash Fiction, Published Work | Tagged jacaranda tales, Johannesburg, ouma, South African tales, thunderstorms, wood pigeon | 5 Comments

We’re moving house again – Johannesburg style (Financial Times Weekend Review, June 1999)

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Sandra

He was from one of the sprawling townships north of Johannesburg, and this was his second week in his first job. Standing in our kitchen, clutching the hose he had just wrenched from the water inlet, he was staring in … Continue reading →