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The Historic Sweep of Soweto

By Mona Gable on December 19, 2008 in Africa, Johannesburg, Lodging, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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Here we are in Soweto. We just drove past Archbishop Desmond Tutu's house, the gentle Anglican cleric who preached against apartheid. I would have missed the undistinguished house entirely had not Eric, our local Soweto...

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Developing Nations’ Carbon Conundrum

By John Gartner on December 18, 2008 in Africa, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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World leaders have reached consensus on the need to go on a carbon diet to combat climate change, and most are acting to reduce their respective greenhouse gas emissions. Global emissions are expected to continue...

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The Soweto of 2008

By Renee Blodgett on December 11, 2008 in Africa, Johannesburg, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa, Videos

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I walked through Soweto at night earlier this week, the township most whites feared and dared go near when I lived here in 1984 and again almost ten years later - before the first free...

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The Power of Imagery: The Death of Hector Pieterson

By David Sasaki on December 10, 2008 in Africa, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa, Videos

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Hector Pieterson in the arms of Mbuyisa Nkita Makhubu, his sister, Antoinette Musi, running alongside. Photo by Sam Nzima, 1976. My good friend Sameer at WITNESS is leading an online conversation in commemoration of today’s 60th...

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Nama Land Sovereignty in the Northern Cape Province

By David Sasaki on December 9, 2008 in Africa, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa, Videos

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For thousands and thousands of years the Nama people of Southern Africa maintained a nomadic pastoral way of life, tending their flocks of goats and sheep, gathering firewood, and collecting wild honey. Driving along the...

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A Chat with the 2010 World Cup Team: First on African Continent

By Renee Blodgett on December 8, 2008 in Africa, Lodging, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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We met with the South African World Cup team to learn about their goals for hosting the World Cup. We talked to them in their offices just outside the main stadium which is currently under...

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Following South Africa’s Path

By John Gartner on December 7, 2008 in California, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, South Africa, USA

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If you are looking for a guide to how humanity should move forward to a sustainable future, there's no better place to visit than where we all started.Our whirlwind bloggers' tour of South Africa included...

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Goin’ Down Down: In South Africa Bloggers Mine Gold

By Mona Gable on December 6, 2008 in Africa, Botswana, Lodging, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe

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So I'm crawling on my hands and knees through a space about the size of a sewer drain. It's about 105 degrees and hot as Hades and so dark I think I might pass out...

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