I’ve been to Durban a couple of times now, and always liked it. That’s partly the warming effect of having good friends here, and partly the cooling effect of the fact that I’ve always visited during June-August, when the weather in Durban is bearable.
On the whole, I continue to get good feelings about South Africa overall when I’m here as well. Still lots of energy and hustle and possibility in the air, too many circuits of capital and ideas and sociality for any government to easily ruin. Which is not to say that the national or provincial governments here are set on such ruination, either. Hopefully I can catch up on some of the local insight into the stories I’ve followed from a distance recently while I’m here.