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Broken Promises
The past week was very busy so it flew by! Lily and her friend Talya drove down from the garden route on Thursday as this weekend was Lily’s hen party. When Lily arrived no one was home and it was load shedding so she could not get in the house as the electric garage door…
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Kept In The Dark
The issues with load shedding have carried on with us all having to plan around when we can cook and function in our every day lives. It’s such an inconvenience. Especially as it seems that the schedule changes on a whim. On Valentine’s night, Norm and I went out and did not know there was…
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6 Degrees of Chaos
As there are more people living with HIV in South Africa than in any other country it is impossible to fathom why people would destroy an HIV Centre at a local University on the Natal coast but they did. Students burnt the building housing the centre during protests on Monday afternoon. Students are protesting over historical…
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The Power of Women
My weekend has been fabulous. Saturday I was invited to attend a self defense class hosted by Lucinda Evans and the organization ‘One Billion Rising‘. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kitten In The City (@thekitteninthecity) It was held in an area of Cape Town called Lavender Hill which sounds so pretty…
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Love and Hate
The crazy weather has continued this week. It has been very hot and the wind has been insane. Some of our windows sound like they are going to blow in. I can’t begin to imagine what it is like in a shack made of flimsy corrugated iron. After a day of lazing about listening to…




