https://marionedmunds.com/column daily 0.75 2026-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474030091802-I1GUUBGQ2OBE5OPCT1DS/yasser_booley_20130831_85703_1024.jpg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes https://marionedmunds.com/column/2026/8/5/twenty-years-on-theres-a-new-skyline-rising-on-the-atlantic-seaboard-and-cape-towns-city-centre monthly 0.5 2026-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/f6ba971c-08cd-4dd1-9de2-e8ae5418dec2/IMG_8968.jpeg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - Twenty Years on... there's a new skyline rising on the Atlantic Seaboard and Cape Town's City Centre - Make it stand out Eaton De Jongh filming the sunset from near Nettleton Road, Clifton, the most expensive address in Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/3764a8ee-729d-4b22-be85-43185cab5313/IMG_8942.jpeg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - Twenty Years on... there's a new skyline rising on the Atlantic Seaboard and Cape Town's City Centre - Make it stand out Shining a light on property prices on the Atlantic Seaboard - outside Harcourts in Camps Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/485de3af-8aab-43cf-903b-8d851aec606a/637B2F5B-2CB4-42F9-B2DB-ED2E733845E2.jpeg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - Twenty Years on... there's a new skyline rising on the Atlantic Seaboard and Cape Town's City Centre - Make it stand out Scramble for Cape Town, Carte Blanche circa 2023 stored wtih love in my box of old Betacam Tapes. In those days, one story would take a whole box of Betacams - now we use cards and drives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/52106896-1d62-4122-8dba-12c620bf69da/Screenshot+2026-08-05+at+14.40.49.png OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - Twenty Years on... there's a new skyline rising on the Atlantic Seaboard and Cape Town's City Centre - Make it stand out One of the many cranes hovering above residential suburbs on the Atlantic Seaboard, making home-owners jittery about the future of their communities. https://marionedmunds.com/column/2026/7/3/march-and-march-is-a-mission-with-a-mystery monthly 0.5 2026-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/495d70dd-006a-446b-a04e-fca11ae5709d/IMG_8800.jpeg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - March and March is a Mission with a Mystery - Make it stand out Around the block in Parklands, near Table View in Cape Town, June 27th, 2026, three days before D-Day. https://marionedmunds.com/column/2025/11/14/where-the-wild-things-are-what-photographer-chris-fallows-captures-with-his-camera monthly 0.5 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/a5e69661-7904-408b-a960-32252b12a22d/IMG_5620.jpeg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - Where The Wild Things Are - what photographer Chris Fallows captures with his camera - Make it stand out Chris Fallows in focus surrounded by a superpod of dolphins in False Bay in 2025 https://marionedmunds.com/column/2025/4/1/the-contraception-question-are-sphenoid-wing-meningiomas-a-shocking-side-effect-of-the-depo-provera-injection monthly 0.5 2025-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/454b2142-d62c-4a4a-89d2-8e953732b00a/IMG_5252.jpeg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - The Contraception Question - are Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas a shocking side-effect of the Depo-Provera injection? - Make it stand out Erin Bates interviewing Wasela Ross with DOP Eaton de Jongh filming the conversation https://marionedmunds.com/column/2021/12/7/cutting-creating-sewing-and-stitching-an-african-narrative monthly 0.5 2021-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/0c969ce3-883d-43ed-aae7-f202bc4d5e25/IMG_6704.jpeg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - CUTTING, CREATING, SEWING AND STITCHING AN AFRICAN NARRATIVE - Make it stand out Matching - on my way to Johannesburg to film an African Fashion Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/c4d4b923-5528-4edb-9972-04a34d116255/IMG_6340.jpeg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - CUTTING, CREATING, SEWING AND STITCHING AN AFRICAN NARRATIVE - Make it stand out Amen filming a fashion film for their runway collection “Salon”, October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/350d22c9-8352-4190-b2fc-62a8b1aff9df/IMG_6687.jpeg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - CUTTING, CREATING, SEWING AND STITCHING AN AFRICAN NARRATIVE - Make it stand out DOP Thomas filming the Amen models before they walk the cat walk at the AFI Fashion Week 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/fe7d4d34-9948-4d1b-80eb-9455b5095b1c/IMG_6611.jpeg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - CUTTING, CREATING, SEWING AND STITCHING AN AFRICAN NARRATIVE - Make it stand out Shamyra Moodley fixing a hair accessory to a model moments before showtime at AFI Fashion Week in Johannesburg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1a7c5658-36ea-4490-90ab-32685c250097/IMG_6384.jpeg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - CUTTING, CREATING, SEWING AND STITCHING AN AFRICAN NARRATIVE - Make it stand out SIfiso Khumalo working with focus on a fine ring which the camera can see in beautiful detail. https://marionedmunds.com/column/2021/7/28/an-aria-in-africa-and-the-cape-town-opera-company monthly 0.5 2021-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1627470761256-AU7DGWQZTNAZU8TNGVNL/Pearl+Fishers-36.jpg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - THE YOUNG ARTISTS OF CAPE TOWN OPERA - Make it stand out Vuvu Mpofu as the priestess Leila on the opening night of The Pearl Fishers, a 2021 Cape Town Opera Company production, at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town. Bass-baritone Thesele Kemane sings the role of the priest Nourabad. 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A photo of Denis re-united with his family after 22 years in jail, filmed with his private letters in the documentary, Sentenced with Mandela, 2011 https://marionedmunds.com/column/2019/6/26/walking-back-in-time-feet-first-for-khoisan-revivalists monthly 0.5 2019-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1561565268963-417UVPA4A720OL7DBCLQ/Griqua+Choir+Festival.jpeg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - Walking back in time: Feet First for Khoisan Revivalists The Griqua Church to celebrate its long-standing traditions in July. Griqua culture has embraced aspects of colonialism which its church reflects. The plant in the left-hand corner of the pamphlet is the Kenniedood succulent plant, meaning the Plant that Shall Not Die. It was chosen as an emblem for the Griqua people to represent resilience in the face of adversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1561564927634-FUALKHFCGJBK9L3HSJYG/Castle+shot.jpg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - Walking back in time: Feet First for Khoisan Revivalists Filming a ritual at Cape Town Castle with Bradley Van Sitters, rapper turned Khoisan Revivalist. Bradley was also, controversially, the first Khoisan Praise Singer for Parliament at the 2019 State of the Nation Address after the national elections this year. https://marionedmunds.com/column/2019/5/31/story-tellers-and-scientists-collaborate-to-save-the-african-kelp-forest monthly 0.5 2019-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1559297664965-PFE0AY9Z1DZF06M7VFBK/Sea+Change+Shoot+Miller%27s+Point.jpg OFF AIR - A column from behind the scenes - Storytellers and scientists collaborate to save the African Kelp Forest Craig Foster, the Sea Change Team and SANBI scientists preparing to dive into the Kelp Forest near Simonstown, Cape Town March 2019 https://marionedmunds.com/column/2018/11/7/producing-a-story-about-songs-and-singing-the-stellenbosch-university-choir monthly 0.5 2019-04-03 https://marionedmunds.com/column/2018/5/21/meeting-the-inimitable-trevor-stuurman monthly 0.5 2019-04-04 https://marionedmunds.com/column/2018/4/23/old-vines-make-fine-wines monthly 0.5 2018-04-23 https://marionedmunds.com/column/2016/9/20/allister-sparks-a-veteran-to-remember monthly 0.5 2016-09-20 https://marionedmunds.com/column/2016/9/16/test-post monthly 0.5 2016-09-20 https://marionedmunds.com/about daily 0.75 2026-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474028857501-0Z3E5RB8N8ZS9521BAY9/Home_Page_Background.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474026269780-KMCDGIMEADZHXIFOKYX6/Home_Page_Background.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474032521925-V37HT9PYPY6ZO8UVQL2B/yasser_booley_20130907_88843.JPG About https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues daily 0.75 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1633011928316-QE4CKPUCIJIZDP86UVQ9/IMG_2886.jpeg Dementia Blues https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues/2022/9/30/new-anti-alzheimers-drug-brings-some-hope-to-millions-of-people-living-with-dementia monthly 0.5 2022-09-30 https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues/2022/9/23/south-africa-has-no-dementia-policy-so-the-burden-of-care-lies-with-family-members monthly 0.5 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/dbac679c-1ae6-4cf9-939a-b21e18b1e28e/IMG_9184.jpg Dementia Blues - South Africa has no dementia policy so the burden of care lies with family members - Make it stand out Members of the Ikamva Labantu Seniors Club meet on World Alzheimer’s Day at Ikamva Labantu in Khayelitsha, 21 September 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/59be97f9-7244-4538-bdfa-8d61a0849656/IMG_9203.jpg Dementia Blues - South Africa has no dementia policy so the burden of care lies with family members - Make it stand out South Africa needs to start talking about dementia - it’s personal, it’s painful, it’s important. 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South Africa has no dementia policy so the burden of care lies with family members - Make it stand out A useful celebration involves some singing and dancing and World Alzheimer’s Day was no exception https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues/2022/6/1/the-dementia-detective-1 monthly 0.5 2022-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/f60d2952-1f98-4f69-beda-c3284803b9c0/IMG_8210.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Dementia Detective - Make it stand out The Dementia Detective and in-house sniffer dog aka River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/7cce1900-a595-4b8b-97c9-dcf9aa1c3da9/IMG_8251.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Dementia Detective - Make it stand out Looking for tracks in the sand…constantly on the trail of some thought process that does not fully reveal its origins or its destination https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/e10749cc-e113-4259-879b-7ccacbdd9186/IMG_8203.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Dementia Detective - 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The GSO and the mystery of the missing toilet paper - Make it stand out Our grandfather’s clock…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1634822609363-HS1TJGOSYAV5ETZ45N8G/IMG_6300.jpeg Dementia Blues - The GSO and the mystery of the missing toilet paper - Make it stand out Early morning shadows on a toilet roll - this basic necessity has aesthetic potential https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues/2021/10/11/the-greenery-and-the-bluery monthly 0.5 2021-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1634121506737-S7IRU2VNA8DLHFXJ2M90/IMG_6200.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Greenery and The Bluery - Make it stand out Full blooms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1634125060344-FN4Z2UZB5XPZIZXBDAQG/IMG_6209.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Greenery and The Bluery - Make it stand out Dad in his nest with a bird’s-eye view of the garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1633956012180-IMPKPMEZO43978L6PIFD/IMG_6188.jpeg Dementia Blues - 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