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I have a BA HED (Higher Education Diploma), and a Tesol English 2nd Language Diploma. I have over 22 years’ teaching experience, and over 15 years’ writing experience, as a journalist in Johannesburg. For the past 3 years I have conducted tours of Joburg.

And when I’m not teaching or writing or conducting tours, I'll be taking in the Joburg vibes and events - it may be a book launch, an art exhibition opening, a touch of jazz, a talk on intriguing stuff . . . there's always something happening in this town, where I have lived for the past 36 years.

Come along on the journey with me - let's have fun exploring English and the city!

Where are the 'singing tomorrows' of the Freedom Charter?

lucilledavie

Jul 6, 2020

Where are the 'singing tomorrows' of the Freedom Charter?

The 65th anniversary of the signing of the Freedom Charter in Kliptown, 26 June, 2020, has come and gone. I recall a document I came across in 2005 that spoke of the Freedom Charter as a guide to the “singing tomorrows” when South Africa would be a country of equal rights and freedom for all. There is such an uplifting tone to “singing tomorrows”, at a time when the country was seven years into apartheid, with a sweep of brutal new laws laying out the vision for South Africa

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lucilledavie

Feb 6, 2009

Circa has landed

November 13, 2009 There can’t be many buildings in Joburg that have a presence quite like Circa on Jellicoe in Rosebank. There’s something arresting about its tall elliptical shape that makes it easy to think it came from another planet. Described by the architect as “a small building with a big attitude”, this new art gallery on the corner of Jellicoe and Jan Smuts avenues is causing quite a buzz around town. Its 500 tall aluminium slates soar up to 14 metres into the sky, t

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Where are the 'singing tomorrows' of the Freedom Charter?

Circa has landed

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