South Africa’s kota is a tasty, inexpensive and uniquely homegrown street sandwich created out of the bitterness of apartheid and which still has a special place in the hearts of many. Its name is pidgin…
Posts tagged Soweto
#Travel: A quad bike adventure in Soweto
Whizzing by open-air butcheries, neighbourhood herbalists, colourful markets and busy informal barber shops on street corners, my quad bike hums to the welcoming greetings from residents of South Western Townships in South Africa, also popularly…
#CarNews: Meet South Africa’s “spinning” star
Deep in the Soweto badlands, between car scrap shops and evangelical churches, a diminutive teenage girl showcases her determination to become South Africa’s greatest “spinning” star. With her engine revved to its deafening max, Stacey-Lee…
No Channel O Award for Kenya, again
If only the 2012 Channel O Music Video Awards was a cute name for a marathon…but unfortunately, its not. This year’s fete left a bitter taste in the mouths of several Kenyans who attended, after…
The Channel O Awards are upon us, who’s voting?
Every time a famous Kenyan is recognized globally or regionally in the field of entertainment, the media snaps it up, the online stories are awash with comments and everywhere they go, the actors/musicians get hugs…