Search

Menu
Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Sales Enquiries

Category: Southern Africa

  • Southern Africa

The Mayor of Johannesburg needs a new speech writer and someone from Toastmasters to coach him

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 21, 2013March 21, 2013

My job involves training top level politicians in speech-writing and also coaching them before giving…

Read More
  • Southern Africa

Xhosa Clicks

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 21, 2013March 21, 2013

These two clips are for my class yesterday who were fascinated when they heard me…

Read More
  • Funnies

Spotted at Cape Town international airport

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 7, 2013March 3, 2013

  General tip: never shorten assorted or assistant to ass……

Read More
  • Southern Africa
  • Image

You know you are in South Africa when

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 5, 2013March 5, 2013
Read More
  • About English

South African English Part 2

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 4, 2013March 9, 2013

SOUTH AFRICAN ENGLISH CLASSIFICATION: Family: Indo-European Group: Germanic Subgroup: West Germanic VARIETIES: Black South African…

Read More
  • About English

South African English Part 1

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 4, 2013

We’re not called the rainbow nation for nothing. South Africa has 11 official languages, and…

Read More
  • Southern Africa

Rape Awareness Day, South Africa 15 February 2013

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 1, 2013

  And an article from the BBC – Will South Africa Ever Be Shocked By…

Read More
  • Articles

Life in a South African Prison

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 25, 2013February 25, 2013

Oscar Pistorius’ safety could be in jeopardy if he is not granted bail this week…

Read More
  • Articles

Oscar Pistorius case: South African Justice System is also on trial

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 25, 2013February 25, 2013

With the world watching, justice must be seen to be done in the killings of…

Read More
  • Articles

Conditions for Disabled Prisoners in South African jails

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 24, 2013February 25, 2013

by Carolyn Raphaely for The Guardian Prisoner A is a paraplegic man awaiting trial who,…

Read More

Posts pagination

Previous Page Page 1 … Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Next Page

Follow Janet Carr @ This Bug's Life via Email

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,808 other subscribers

Top Posts & Pages

  • Differences between Turquoise, Teal and Aqua
    Differences between Turquoise, Teal and Aqua
  • Katy Sagal's wardrobe in Sons of Anarchy
    Katy Sagal's wardrobe in Sons of Anarchy
  • "Undine Rising From the Waters" by Chauncey Bradley Ives
    "Undine Rising From the Waters" by Chauncey Bradley Ives
  • The Goliath Birdeater
    The Goliath Birdeater
  • The ultimate compilation of films featuring ringed organisers (updated Nov '24)
    The ultimate compilation of films featuring ringed organisers (updated Nov '24)
  • Quietly by Becky Hemsley
    Quietly by Becky Hemsley
  • The differences between Cane Corsos and Boerboels
    The differences between Cane Corsos and Boerboels
  • Animals having CT scans
    Animals having CT scans
  • Swedish words that sound naughty in English
    Swedish words that sound naughty in English
  • Tina Pearls
    Tina Pearls

Janet Carr @ This Bug’s Life: recent posts

  • Summer posts
  • Smile
  • Fire that designer…
  • A day
  • Sexing kittens – is this kitten a boy or a girl?
  • The dresses continue
  • Susan Lewis – Stolen
  • How big is a buttload?
  • This was really interesting
  • I STILL love this fan
  • Almost all of these were new to me
  • Medieval cats as emojis
  • A day, by Ath
  • Doggos out and about
  • Smile
  • Silver jewellery time!
  • A day
  • Strange inventions
  • For the love of a summer dress
  • Louche Danica Dogs Day shirtdress
  • Reading pile at the moment
  • Saving a starfish
  • I hate bad design
  • Signs
  • Ouch!
  • Prepositions
  • Smile
  • How is that possible?
  • The F-word in Swedish
  • Midsummer Eve
  • Smile
  • Tyresö Bike Show
  • A week
  • This really spoke to me
  • Interesting words from Word Daily

Janet Carr @ This Bug's Life: Categories

About English Animals Art, Books, Poetry, Movies, Television and Music Articles Beauty Products Bookbinding Booklets Books British vs. American English Culture Design Diaries and Journals Diplomacy and being polite False Friends Fashion Filofaxes and other ring organisers Filofax of the Day (FOTD) Filofax Project Filofax Spotted in the Wild For Sale Frog of the Day Funnies Grammar Guest Posts Handbag of the Day (HOTD) Handbags Hobonichi Idioms In praise of Jewellery Journalism Learning English Lego Midori and other Traveler's Notebooks Movies Notebooks Online Resources Pens Personal Pronunciation Puzzles Reading S African Boerboels Sales Scented Candles Signs Slang Southern Africa Spelling Stationery Stationery, Notebooks and Organisers Sweden Swenglish Tattoos Teaching Television and Music The EU Uncategorized Vocabulary Weight Loss What's in my bag Words Words of Wisdom Writing

Janet Carr @ This Bug’s Life Archives

This Bug’s Life

This Bug’s Life

RSS Posts

  • Summer posts July 7, 2026
    My last teaching for the term was last Friday. I begin again in August, because…
    Janet Carr
  • Smile July 5, 2026
    When you see it, you cannot unsee it
    Janet Carr
  • Fire that designer… July 5, 2026
     
    Janet Carr
  • A day July 4, 2026
    I found this leather handbag charm at & Other Stories, at 70% discount. I may…
    Janet Carr
  • Sexing kittens – is this kitten a boy or a girl? July 4, 2026
    My bonus dad was a tsetse fly sexer in Northern Rhodesia. Not sure how you…
    Janet Carr
  • The dresses continue July 3, 2026
    This one is my favourite at the moment and a close second goes to a…
    Janet Carr
  • Susan Lewis – Stolen July 3, 2026
    As far as I know, I have not read Susan Lewis before. This book was…
    Janet Carr
  • How big is a buttload? July 2, 2026
      And there is also an assload – an amount carried by a donkey or any…
    Janet Carr
  • This was really interesting July 2, 2026
    European portion sizes are not as big as US ones, but cafés sell HUGE muffins,…
    Janet Carr
  • I STILL love this fan July 1, 2026
    I have been in 50°C/122°C in South Africa, but it is dry heat and buildings…
    Janet Carr
Powered by WordPress.com.
×
Proudly powered by WordPress Theme: Arcane.
Loading Comments...