Marlene Dietrich

The time Marlene Dietrich fell in love with Joburg

Glamour and Ghosts: The Time Marlene Dietrich Fell in Love with Joburg

A Day in the Life of a war correspondent, Blog, Johannesburg, Travel

The story of Dietrich in Joburg is complex and inspiring, one of the many ghostly, fragile strands of our half-remembered city. It is also the story of the sheer guts and determination of a very young man searching for something greater than what his limited world seemed to offer. This article first appeared in The […]

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Winnie Hennie and Me News24 Article by Hamilton Wende

Essay | Winnie, Hennie and Me: An Erstwhile Soundman Remembers 3 Days in Brandfort

A Day in the Life of a war correspondent, Blog, Travel

I remember the house in Majwemasweu township near Brandfort so vividly. It was a clean, neat house, painted white. There was a green lawn and a small willow tree in the front. It was Winnie Mandela’s home and tiny clinic that she had established there in exile. I was a young soundman working freelance for Dutch

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