Comments on: Talking about South Africa

By: andile

andile — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:20:06 +0000

What current learning conditions are you talking about Lerator? It is obvious that you haven’t been home in a while. Within Gauteng, you have three schools of architecture; University of the Witswatersrand, University of Johannesburg, and University of Pretoria. And they are all world class institions, with WITS being ranked in the world 500 top universities. Your idea of ‘more’ knowledge is flawed in that you think that any other foreign country can offer you ‘more’. One day you will return to Africa and realise that knowledge has been developed here for centuries, even millenia; and realise you knowledge is worthless here.

By: Lerato

Lerato — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:07:32 +0000

I think according to the current learning conditions in africa it is better for one to go out of the country, acquire more knowledge in the particular study and come back home to share the acquired knowledge with the people back here who can’t afford to go abroad.

By: Gape

Gape — Thu, 10 May 2007 16:58:35 +0000

Gaan hell toe.Wat weet julle manse van travel?Ke motswana wa Rustenburg and making it tin the US and I get questions like “do you have a lion for a pet?” This is 2007 people!

By: Uncle Irv

Uncle Irv — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:49:30 +0000

Mmmm… yeah… but maybe she is just studying..travelling is the best way to learn, no?

By: nombuso khanyile

nombuso khanyile — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:17:48 +0000

i am amazed that Lerato had to travel thoiusands of kilometres to study the symbolism of architecture in a context un-parallel to South Africa in many ways. it is a dissapointment to me a fellow student of architecture in the lovely country of South Africa to have talent [or not?] such as Lerato prancing around the world in search of symbolism when the country is undertaking such a meaningful search of a South African identity and symbolism in aeshtetic…….Shame on you!

By: Bee’s Web » English Conversations

Bee’s Web » English Conversations — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:32:18 +0000

[...] English conversations (Practical Conversations for Language Learners) is a series of podcasts for EFL/ESL learners produced by Aaron Campbell and Mark White. Check out their stories on Africa, Thai and Japanese culture and themes like skin colour and feminism. [...]

By: English Conversations Returns at apcampbell

English Conversations Returns at apcampbell — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:27:12 +0000

[...] After an almost four month break, Mark and I have fired up English Conversations again with a few podcasts on Africa. Our hope is that learners of English as a second or foreign language will listen to the recordings of the conversations and use the transcriptions (with links) to learn new expressions, vocab, patterns of speech, etc. Equally as important are the many themes that the of the conversations cover, such as skin color, apartheid, greed, American history, Thai and Japanese culture, feminism, etc. We hope to feature more oral histories and interviews with people from a variety of different cultures and of different religious traditions. [...]