Merry Christmas And Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays To All Our Readers

The team of The Mdantsane Way Magazine wishes all our readers, young and old, South African and International a wonderful Christmas and Happy Holidays!  Thank you for your support during 2012.

Normal Flat

I invite you to stay a little longer in the beautiful Transkei with me.

I was so lucky to be able to spend a couple of days there inlcuding New Year's Eve.

Girls, if you ever had a problem bringing your color TV home alone, just follow the example of this lady in Kentani, a small village at the wildcoast, a few kilometers outside of Butterworth.
Not only is she " walking her TV home very independently " -  no man in sight who thinks he should intervene ( I don't think she needs one)  - but she is doing it with great style and class as well !

Hm, I should rather say : Do not follow this example ! Do not do this at home ! It does demand practice ! 

Walk Gentle

I read a twitter comment that somebody had made the other day. 

" Coming home to Mdantsane for holidays is like going on vacation to Afghanistan. "

Mdantsane still lacks the most basic entertainment facilities after 16  years of independence. There is not one cinema in the township ( the population of Mdantsane is estimated to be over a million people). There are hardly any pubs, bars or restaurants, apart from the usual shebeens. From a point of view of entertainment facilities the township has not much to offer. You have to be in your house in the evening because of the high crime rate.

But one thing that distinguishes this township from many other big townships is the pristine and beautiful environment. The beaches are close and easy to reach. There are miles of unspoilt coastline.

Christmas time is beach time. You go to the beach with your familiy and friends.
Have a braai ( barbecue), just linger, have drinks, talk and relax..The Christmas season in South Africa is like a prolonged national holiday and many companies and firms close around the 15th of December.

Just spoil yourself and if you can get forget your sorrows over money, love, the lack of things you need and don't have for a couple of days. They'll come back to you as soon as you let them. And they are willing to stay with your for another year. SO let go for now !

Go for a walk with your daughter.

And just walk gentle.

STREET LIFE

My main  interest is street -photography. The book " Mdantsane - Life"  intends to show street scenes and street culture of a modern South African township, bouncing with life and diversity and exposing a completely unique and colorful identity.

This couple has come to the beachfront to enjoy time together on Christmas day.

MODERN TIMES

Summer Fashion

Gitls Of Summer In Quigney At Christmas Time

LIGHTS

The old Hotel Osner at the end of the beachfront bathed in mist and ice blue light.

Light that seems to come straight from the sea

breaking through the curtain of clouds, illuminating some spots here and there and bringing  darkness over the beachfront.

It makes many stop their walk and sit and watch.

Generations together

or loners just for themselves. Also happy. 

AFRICAN DREAMS

There are lots of dreams in the air as well

and not only African

BEAUTY IN ABUNDANCE

Beauty in such great abundance at the beachfront has the power to make many eyes extremely happy.

BEAUTY ALL AROUND

 At this time of the year is beauty all around

 and laughter

 and happiness

CARNIVAL DREAM AT THE BEACH-FRONT

Once a year at Christmas time everybody loves to come to the coast.

From City To City- South Africa's Greyhound

From city to city and even from country to country

to celebrate with family and friends

to meet with the ones that have been far away.

And soon there is no quiet place left by the sea to relax and contemplate alone

because people come in numbers 

 

Young and Old

Eastern Cape beauties

to have fun - until the beach front looks like this.

The Crowd In The Distance =  Eastern Beach in East London at Christmas Time

Eastern Beach in the distance