tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110688541941893022.post1124307673220000445..comments2009-06-22T07:52:25.903-07:00Comments on ùbúntú: No Water?…Really, there’s no water in all of Zonki?!Courtney H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07950048599782414557noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110688541941893022.post-11268540078249159502009-06-22T07:52:25.903-07:002009-06-22T07:52:25.903-07:00Miss you Court! Love Aunt yvetteMiss you Court! Love Aunt yvetteYvette and Santiagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13412996295921445169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110688541941893022.post-80098137547383357992009-06-10T19:01:52.045-07:002009-06-10T19:01:52.045-07:00This entry about the water being cut off was poste...This entry about the water being cut off was posted two weeks ago.Like Yvette said it helps people raised in the West come to terms with the limitations of an urban upbringing, as well as the problem of the 21st century for Europe and North America: water, and the lack of it. <br /><br />I do not know if you are in Cape town by now, but while there be sure to visit the District Six Museum, the Center for the Study of African Cities, the Slum Dwellers International Office, the Community House in the Observatory neighborhood,the University of the Western Cape, the Worker's College, the International Labor Research & Information Group [that puts on a yearly Globalisation School], and look for evidence of unpaid slavery (1652-1838) all over the state. In several of these places you will have a chance to verify the gap between a Hollywood version of the anti-apartheid struggle and the (1975-1988) events in Angola, Namibia and Cuba that really made the end of apartheid possible. <br /><br />I trust you visited the Apartheid Museum near Soweto, Johannesburg for evidence of waged slavery and the impact of those same (1975-1988) events mentioned above. The thrust of those efforts has been continued by Via Campesina, which also works there in South Africa coordinating the efforts of farmers and peasants in South America, Africa, and Asia against subsidized agro-industries elsewhere. <br /><br />While you are still there and after your return I would encourage you to check the Center for Civil Society web site at the University of KwaZulu Natal regularly, (especially the writings of Patrick Bond & Ashwin Desai) for news about academic and intellectual events all over the country, that will be of interest for your continued pursuits. <br /><br />Good luck and don't stop posting so we can follow your progress.<br /><br />SantiagoYvette and Santiagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13412996295921445169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110688541941893022.post-40227938149478756852009-06-01T19:48:07.623-07:002009-06-01T19:48:07.623-07:00That's Gangsta...you better than me :-)That's Gangsta...you better than me :-)Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155971366439810131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110688541941893022.post-39722756362603940602009-06-01T10:32:42.242-07:002009-06-01T10:32:42.242-07:00Wow Courtney, we know just what you are experienci...Wow Courtney, we know just what you are experiencing. This story reminds me when Uncle Santiago and I were in West Africa in 2003. For 4 days the water was shut down --- 4 days. When we travel we always buy huge jugs of water and keep it in our room. Having this "saved" water on hand was our houshold's saving grace for eating, cleaning, and bathroom-ing.Yvette and Santiagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13412996295921445169noreply@blogger.com