Living In SA

Pascal Parent on December 21st, 2010

This photo was taken at “The Glen Shopping Centre”, my question is how do I pay the 6 Rand (close to $1) for the parking? Unfortunately, in South Africa, you are often expected to pay for parking anywhere you go. This is to supposedly secure your vehicle and content, though I am unsure of that. [...]

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Pascal Parent on November 22nd, 2010

As I have written in the past, we have some serious issues in South Africa, but I suppose this applies to any country worldwide. In this case I am going to focus on what I personally encounter every day while driving. Our (South African) taxi industry, for those of you that are thinking “yellow cab”, [...]

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Pascal Parent on November 13th, 2010

It’s not every day that a friend come “online”, even less so when it is as ambitious as a podcast. Michelle Ashburner, someone I consider being a good friend, has just done that. In her own words about South Africans You Should Meet: Welcome… and we’re South African! This forum is about South Africans who [...]

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Pascal Parent on November 4th, 2010

Here I am in the mother city, I have been here for work for 2 days now and returning home. Here is how my trip began… Wednesday, I arrive at O.R.Tambo International Airport (a.k.a. Johannesburg International Airport) bright and early to avoid the morning traffic, both on the road and in the airport. I took [...]

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Pascal Parent on March 20th, 2010

As you know I don’t often deviate from photography on this blog, but from time to time there is something to, well, shout about and this is the case. Head over to Shout for a safer South Africa, an initiative to create awareness around the raising criminality and raise funds to combat it. They currently [...]

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Pascal Parent on October 12th, 2009

Mail and Guardian has launched ZA News a daily satiric and funny look at the South African news of the day. Thank you Mail and Guardian for making me laugh.

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