Day 36, lockdown Strange thoughts come and go as a new phase of lockdown begins on Worker’s Day, nogal. How ironic was that? I decided not to venture out but those who did so reported back that the atmosphere was akin to the erstwhile Melville Mardi Gras. Laughter and chat provided relief from cabin fever. I’m […]
WARNING: BLIND MAN ON THE MOVE
It was just a normal day of my life when I found my mind wandering to the travails of a friend far away, who was probably going about his day as he usually does. From a distance, I was recently privy to the everyday mountains he climbs in order to be independent. He is blind, […]
A TASTE OF WHAT 27 BOXES OUGHT TO BE
Openings at The Storr Room and Widmer & Co, and an exhibition of advertising posters from Andy Rice and Ken Preston, proved a great drawcard to Melville’s 27 Boxes on Thursday (September 14). It was an encouraging sign of what 27 Boxes could become with a revived thrust to make this retail space a relevant […]
DARLING – THE FINAL DAYS : A memoir by the magazine’s last editor, Suzanne Brenner
My introduction to Republican Press was a real baptism by fire. Luckily, I was not fazed by challenges, but the uproar that surrounded my appointment as editor of DARLING was nonetheless a test of endurance. Perhaps I need to start at the beginning. A Durbanite by birth, I’d written since my schooldays. Eve Stuart had […]
Melville News – Issue No. 16, May 2013
The free newsletter aimed at fostering goodwill among residents, merchants and visitors to Melville Letter from the Editor Sometimes I wonder how my generation survived without TV, computers, email, cell phones, Internet banking, iPads, Kindle and a great deal more. New technology has crept into our lives bringing social networking with it, though not everyone […]
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