Andrew Boraine » Soweto

A Ripple of Hope – Reflections on Robert Kennedy’s 1966 visit to South Africa

Andrew — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:58:42 +0000

For many years, an old LP recording of a speech by Robert Kennedy in Cape Town in 1966 lay around our family home. I never realised its significance until I saw RFK in the Land of Apartheid – A Ripple of Hope at the opening night of the…

Our Cities Ourselves

Andrew — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:25:54 +0000

Our Cities Ourselves is the title of an imaginative new exhibition that opened yesterday in New York, which shows visions for ten cities, mainly in the developing world, from ten leading architects. The exhibition, which is organised by the respected Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, is themed around sustainable transport…

Mandela’s release February 1990

Andrew — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:25:37 +0000

Twenty years ago, on 11 February 1990, I watched Nelson Mandela’s release on a small TV in our rented house in Isidingo Road in Yeoville, Johannesburg. I had moved from Cape Town to Johannesburg in 1989, with my wife Nike Romano to work for an NGO called Planact. I remember getting highly irritated with…