A Column
Hannah BotsisA weekly column about whatever I like, for whoever likes it.
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A city that’s terrible to visit
[A version of this column appeared in the Daily Maverick this morning.]
Sometimes it feels that the bar for us to gush about Joburg, as Joburgers, is really low. Anything at all can go well and we’re thrilled. We’re like the parent beaming...
Wilful ignorance and lethal carelessness
A while ago I was visiting a friend and we were chatting about how generally precarious and pressured life feels today. You know, the rising cost of everything, the insanity of politics, the way you feel like you have zero control over anyt...
Homework
I remember when I was first writing here, which is almost three years ago - mad - I wrote a piece on parenting called ‘Everyone Else Can’t Be Doing This’.
A reader wrote to me and said, ‘in a few years, please do a homework e...
What is authenticity?
I have almost finished reading The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai and have loved all 600-odd pages of it (I still have about 150 to go!).
With the narrative taking place mostly between 1996 and 2002, the novel tells the stor...
Holiday digest
I am sitting on my couch. I have the Oscar Peterson Trio on in the background. It is rainy and cold. I have a hot water bottle and a blanket. A cup of coffee. Toast with cheese and jam. I am basically on a date with myself. And why the hell...
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I write a weekly column about whatever I like, for whoever likes it. My book, A Clergyman’s Daughter, will be out with Modjaji Books in November 2025.
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