THE BLOG
The Singer, the Songwriter and the Afro House Artist: Holly Wasserfall
We visited Afro house artist, Holly Wasserfall (aka Holly Rey), and spoke about juggling her studies and career, the music emerging from the bedroom studios of Umlazi, and her latest single, “Deeper”, rising in the charts.
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The Sheppie Local, the Surf Champ and the Coach: Heather Clark
We drove down the South Coast and spoke with South Africa’s most decorated woman surfer, Heather Clark.
As South Africa’s most decorated women surfer, Heather has reached many proud milestones in her career, one of which, the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, has yet to be achieved by a South African man.
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The 12 Year Old, the Activist and the Journalist: Janna Jihad
We got to talk with 12 year old journalist Janna Jihad, who has faced up to armed soldiers on the West Bank, about her reporting on the occupation of her town by Israeli forces.
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The South Coast Local, the Surfer and the Shaper: Gary van Wieringen
We visited surfer Gary van Wieringen in his shaping room to talk growing up surfing on the south coast and how repairing surfboards got him into the precision art of shaping.
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The Isipingo Local, the Surfer and the Combi: Terence Simon
We spoke with Isipingo local, Terence Simon, about surfing in the 70s and 80s and trying to catch waves during apartheid.
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The Punk Rocker, the Long Pig and the Composer: David Birch
We sat down with musician David Birch, who took us through his early punk rock days in the UK and touring; to landing on Durban soil in ’91, staying permanently…and making a success of it. From The Vibrators to Squeal, we covered it all.
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The Blogger, the Journalist and the Literatus: James Murua
We meet James Murua, a blogger, journalist, editor and columnist from Nairobi, Kenya visiting Durban’s humid shores. As one of the few bloggers covering the African literary scene so comprehensively I wanted to take the opportunity of James’ visit, attending and being a panelist at the Time of the Writer – to pick his brain about what’s happening out there and which authors we should be watching.
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The Twig, the Big Wave Chaser and the Family Man: Grant Twig Baker
We got the opportunity to sit down with Durban’s two time Big Wave surf champ, Grant “Twiggy” Baker, to talk family life, chasing cold winter waters, and surviving 60 foot waves.
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The Abalozi, the Spiritualist and the Teacher: Dr VVO Mkhize
We’re mixing things up a bit and feature a lecture at the University of KwaZulu-Natal where we get into even more layers of African Divination with Dr VVO Mkhize.
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The Inyanga, the Sangoma and the Herbalist: Elliot Ndlovu
In our ongoing quest to find out more about Zulu traditional beliefs, we meet Elliot Ndlovu, a sangoma, inyanga and herbalist. We took a trip to his farm outside Mooiriver in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands where he showed us his vast collection of medicinal plants, and explained his ukuthwasa (initiation) process where he was given this vital knowledge from his ancestors.
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