Tag: south-africa
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Autumn: some reflections , and some books
It’s once again autumn here in Johannesburg. It’s also mid-semester break, which can sometimes be the only time I get in the year to make work more or less uninterrupted. These seven odd days have proved to be golden in the past years; I’ve gotten most of my productive work done in them for the…
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Terraforming Johannesburg
For a while now, those of you who know Johannesburg well may know that most of the mine tailings along the Witwatersrand mining belt have been quietly disappearing. We are observing a significant change in the terrain of Johannesburg as it has existed for the past 100 years. The mining stip has long represented a…