by Kate Motaung | Oct 30, 2018 | A Place to Land, South Africa
Today would have been my mom’s 67th birthday. She’s been gone for seven years. And while it’s a day laced with some sadness, it’s also a memorable occasion because exactly 15 years ago today, my husband asked me to marry him. I wrote about it...
by Kate Motaung | Jun 19, 2018 | Diversity, South Africa
“People are still looking at us,” my husband said to me as we walked through a Cape Town shopping center yesterday. “Yep,” I replied. “I noticed, as well.” Today marks 14 years since I married a black man. Related post: I’m a White Girl from...
by Kate Motaung | Jun 13, 2018 | South Africa
This is Part 4 in a four-part series on our arrival in Cape Town, South Africa. Click the following links to read the first three posts: Part 1: Homecoming: Our Cape Town Arrival After Five Years Away Part 2: Returning Home Part 3: Why We Came: Return to Cape Town...
by Kate Motaung | Jun 12, 2018 | South Africa
This is Part 3 of the story about our arrival in Cape Town, South Africa after five years living overseas. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. 9 June 2018 “This house is like a train!” Kagiso exclaims. “It’s so long!” It’s the same house he lived in for three years...
by Kate Motaung | Jun 12, 2018 | Home, South Africa
This is Part 2 of our story returning home to Cape Town after five years living in the States. Read Part I here. 9 June 2018 I use up the last tissue in my pocket dabbing my eyes and blowing my nose, doing my best to pull myself together before we fall into tight...
by Kate Motaung | Jun 11, 2018 | Home, South Africa
9 June 2018 After what felt like a never-ending flight from Amsterdam to Cape Town, the countdown on the screen in front of my airplane seat told me we had six minutes until landing. Since it was after nine o’clock at on a South African winter night, the sun had set...