Winter Waltz in Franschhoek

Winter Waltz in Franschhoek

It’s 2 June 2025, and winter has swept into Franschhoek like a gilded debutante, draped in golden sunshine and balmy breezes that ripple through the vineyards. The sky is a crystalline blue, save for a single wispy cloud that hovers like a bashful freshman refusing to...

The Curse of Fatherlessness – A Social Pandemic

The Curse of Fatherlessness – A Social Pandemic

Fatherlessness is a pandemic that is affecting the human race across the globe, regardless of race, culture, or community. This issue is prevalent in every generation, and it can be compared to Covid and the Spanish Flu combined in its impact. This is no germ. It is...

Franschhoek Load Shedding! What Load Shedding?

Franschhoek Load Shedding! What Load Shedding?

And so it continues. The lights remain on. They should be off according to the stage 4 load shedding schedule, yet there they are burning bright. It is the third day, the silence continues along with the lights staying on when they should be off. Not a word of...

My Franschhoek Story – Coming Home!

My Franschhoek Story – Coming Home!

The Dreams of the Afflicted I trudged through the avenues, my feet dragging along the slick pavement as shadows stretched and deepened around me. An insistent urgency gnawed at my insides, a desperate need for refuge before night fell completely. The sky churned with...

Franschhoek Literary Festival 17 to 19 May 2019

Franschhoek Literary Festival 17 to 19 May 2019

Its nearly time when book worms, book lovers, authors and readers all come to Franschhoek to celebrate their love for books. Literally, the Literary Festival is the most benign, well behaved and decent of all the festivals that are held in Franschhoek. There is no...

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