BINNEKRING BLOG
Solar Santa Goes to Quaggafontein 2022
Story and Pics by Ronnie Jack The long wait is over. After three painful years AfrikaBurn is back. As nearly a thousand miles lie behind me the dreaded R355 shakes my car to pieces and covers me in …More »
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2020
Our Annual General Meeting is held in October each year – and this year, it will be held on Saturday October 24th. It’s when the Members, Directors and interested community participants review the financial statements and formally adopt them. In …More »
e-Topia is coming!
Since 2015, our team and community have come together to collaborate on Streetopia events in Observatory, Cape Town – and in 2019, the event was held in both Observatory and Johannesburg for the first time. Of course, as with everything …More »
HomeBurn: a trilogy in four parts ~ Part 4: (Going) Live, the Universe and Everything
Words by Solar Santa with The Tim Doyle, May 2020 Photo by Stu Shapiro and featured image by Jan Verboom This HomeBurn story is writing itself. And like the real Burn it contains all the twists and turns that create …More »
HomeBurn: a trilogy in four parts ~ Part 3: So Long and Thanks for All the Art
Words by Solar Santa with Isa Marques, May 2020 Photos by Isa and Jade Holling (featured image by Carmel Ives) Solar Santa’s Burn boots continue their virtual journey into the heartland of HomeBurn 2020. This time we are in the …More »
HomeBurn: a trilogy in four parts ~ Part 2: The Phoenix at the End of the Pangolin
Words by Solar Santa with Nathan Victor Honey, May 2020 Photos by Nathan Honey except the one of himself (header image taken by Mark Thomas) Solar Santa continues on his dusty virtual journey into the heart of HomeBurn 2020. This …More »
HomeBurn: a trilogy in four parts ~ Part 1: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to HomeBurn
Words by Solar Santa with Scheepers de Bruin, May 2020 (featured image photo by Gita Claassen) It was my plan to complete a trilogy of Burn stories in 2020. Like so many Burn plans it crashed and burnt (symbolically) when …More »
What did you do in the war, Daddy?
Text by Solar Santa (Ronnie Jack). Free pictures from Pixabay I grew up in the aftermath of World War 2. My father served in armoured cars in North Africa against Rommel’s Afrika Korps. As a child I would ask him …More »
Streetopia Jozi Updates!
In 2015, a little idea to fill the streets of urban areas with the vibe and creativity of Tankwa Town took flight, as Streetopia in Observatory, Cape Town. Five years later, our Obs event – which is in essence a …More »
Spark Grant Recipients 2019
Sparking Community Projects Across eMzantsi! Our annual call for Spark Grant applications was heard far and wide this time round – and we’re now happy to announce the recipient projects for our 2019 round of micro-grants. As the …More »
