Archive for May, 2012

Khanya Blog

• Centenary of St Alphege’s Church, Pietermaritzburg 19 April 2014
  Today is the centenary of St Alphege’s Anglican Church in Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg. On 19 April, 1914, a little wood and iron church was dedicated to St Alphege, a former Archbishop of Canterbury. I wasn’t around 100 years ago, but I was at St Alphege’s 50 years ago, when the parish was celebrating its 50th anniversary. […]
• Kitchen Boy: authentic book, phony funeral 8 April 2014
  Kitchen Boy by Jenny Hobbs My rating: 2 of 5 stars J.J. Kitching (known as “Kitchen Boy”) is a war hero, and a famous Springbok rugby player, so when he dies at the age of 81, his funeral is a significant occasion. The action of the story takes place in the lead-up to his death […]
• Farewell to Father Pantelejmon 31 March 2014
  Yesterday we went to the monastery of the Descent of the Holy Spirit for a farewell party for Father Pantelejmon (Jovanovic), who was leaving South Africa after serving for 11 years as the Rector of the Church of St Thomas the Apostle in Sunninghill Park in northern Johannesburg. I first met Fr Pantelejmon when I […]
• Good Story, Bad Story 21 March 2014
  The ANC have kicked off their election campaign by saying that they have a good story to tell. And in many ways they do. When I compare South Africa today with South Africa 30 years ago, I would far rather live in the South Africa of today than be back under the rule of P.W. […]
• The trustworthiness of the news media 13 March 2014
  Is it just that I’m getting more cynical in my old age, or are the news media really a lot worse than they used to be? There has recently been a lot of unrest in Ukraine, but trying to understand what has been happening there from media reports has been very difficult, because of the […]