Spring Time

Hi there , an another month is over. The spring is in the air and the cold South African winter is almost gone. And because of that the Emfuleni municipality and some others are joining forces by organizing various events throughout springtime that will be from the end of August to October 9. The opening of the events month called 'Carnival” was a boat tour on the Vaal river. That was really nice with food beverages and more than three hours of speeches. Next month I will follow this up.

It was women's day here in South Africa. That is a public holiday on August 9. This commemorates the national march of women on this day in 1956 to petition against legislation that required African persons to carry the "pass", special identification documents which curtailed an African's freedom of movement during the Apartheid era.

Because it is only one day the South Africans typically extended that day to a whole month. So I did a bunch of official women's day (month) celebrations at a magistrate court, university and a police station.

Official was also a tree planting ceremony in Zamdela township near Sasolburg, where local entrepreneurs symbolically were planting a few trees for a good cause. Yes people world peace is just around the corner. Although I made nice pictures by using my wide angle lens and making the pics from the ground up the whole subject was too corny for me.

Me and Lazie went also to Evaton township to make some nice pics of the township life. Good stuff. 

I made good pics that tells the stories and captures the new South Africa, I will post them on my website and Flickr.

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