The last South African leg: mechanics & generosity.
When your car whines don’t turn up the radio. Part way through our trip we noticed Bruce was whining, a whine that may have been...
Lesotho & the BBCDC
Andrew and Sehlolo, the BBCDC's solar instructor, walking home after the village install Lesotho. Its mountainous and mostly undeveloped...
A single mum, a single dad and a solar system.
In a rural village on the Wild Coast of South Africa we installed a small PV system for No-size (No-si-zey), a single mum with a family...
Sunshine in the Garden Route
Our first fortnight on the road was spent meandering between the mountains and the coast between Cape Town and Stormsriver. We were lucky...
On visiting
I was filling out a visitor’s slip in Johannesburg two years ago when a security guard said to me: You are a visitor here, so you must...
The independence of Minky
Minky was born Vuyiseka Nicole Poyo 33 years ago in South Africa’s semi-arid heart. From the age of 10 she wanted to become a social...
The fourth life
My parents are Buddhist and believe in reincarnation. At some point in my life I decided I had only one life – and I was a little put out...
