Lusito Dust Bowl

This year the Lusito Land festival moved to a new venue which turned out to be a dust bowl of well just dust. Lusito Land is a the Portuguese community in South Africa’s festival which has been going for the last 35 years and this year it was moved to a supposedly improved venue. Sorry to say what was improved other than lots and lots of dust and traffic problems. The queues into and out of this new venue was ghastly. Defiantly not a repeat.

The good news is that the proceeds of this festival goes to a good cause, so Portuguese, Madeiran, and Mozambican comfort food with lots of drinks flowing were the order of the day. But then there is the Steve Hofmeyr, okay please tell me with tears in my eyes what has this controversial Afrikaans signer has to do with the Portuguese community? What?

Park Acoustics at the Voortrekker Monument

Park Acoustics, we came, we saw, and we were conquered. Lynda and I decided to stretch Scarlet’s legs and go to Jack Daniel's Park Acoustics held at the top of the Amphitheatre of the Voortrekker Monument. I must say that these Varsity students sure know how to party in the hot sun and way into the night.

Sun, skimpy dressed students, refreshing drinks, gourmet burgers, ice-cream, good music, and riding a Vespa, what more can I ask for.

Darlene Zschech

There I was at the start of my favourite month bopping away at a live Darlene Zschech (Hillsongs) concert in Johannesburg, South Africa. The part where my soul cried out was when the crowd soft sang Kuwe Baba ngibek' ithemba lam. Those that were there would know what I am talking about.