Just 45 minutes from Joburg is the Cradle of Humankind. It’s a World Heritage Site and is where some of the oldest human remains in the world have been found. It is regarded as the birthplace of humankind for this very reason Maropeng Visitor Centre lives here, and is where we ended up on a sunny afternoon last week … Continue reading
Sometimes all this blogging pays off. I had about 20 seconds of fame today. People knew who I was… …well kind of. They called me Martina-in-Jozi, but what the hell?! It’s kind of the same thing. I had been invited by my favourite cafe ’round these parts – The oDD Cafe – to their inaugural Low Tea. High … Continue reading
There is this awesome website that I discovered when I first moved to SA called Rave Review. I go there to check all the latest fads, restaurants and cool things in Jozi. They run competitions regularly and my motto is “You have to be in it to win it”. Well, I entered the comp to … Continue reading
Just 2.5 hours outside of Joburg you can find Sun City, a sprawling resort in the North Western province and home to Letsatsing Game Park. Letsatsing is the home to 5 awesome adult elephants and one little baba…and you can only bloody ride them!!! I had been looking for a way to spend an awesome … Continue reading
So I have a new favourite shop, and it is CHEAP! Shopping in South Africa is ridiculously expensive. Much more expensive than the UK, which is crazy as we tend to earn a lot more there than the equivalent job here. Sure, some living costs are much cheaper, like rent and petrol, but any kind … Continue reading
Last week I went and watched my very first game of cricket! South Africa versus Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park in Centurion. We were quite swish and paid for seats in a posher bit (Castle Corner) – there were sun loungers, umbrella’s and a swimming pool. I thought that it would have been fun to … Continue reading
So traffic lights are called robots here. I love to adopt any term that has less syllables than the one that I am used to saying, but I still call these things lights, as robots are cool as hell and the traffic lights in Joburg are definitely not I thought that we suffered in the UK … Continue reading
I’m so frustrated right now. I’ve been trying to donate blood for 10 years but have been refused every time. When I was younger it was usually because I had a recent piercing or tattoo. Fair enough, the needles do come with a risk of infection, especially with some of the dodgy parlours around. Since … Continue reading
Ah, so it seems that the service that you expect from Sky TV in the UK can be a pretty similar experience here in SA. We don’t have a dish for terrestrial TV, so it is DSTV or no channels at all. Whilst there are competitors in the UK, DSTV monopolise the market here. For the … Continue reading
This weekend I was privileged enough to go on a walking tour of Diepsloot with one of the residents of the township/squatter camp. For background on Diepsloot read here. I was very surprised at what we were shown. It is situated just a very short drive from one of the most affluent security complexes and suburbs … Continue reading
Martina in Jozi 